[Ads-l] Superfluous apostrophe on PBS

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sun Apr 10 19:03:51 UTC 2016


> On Apr 10, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
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> He's been bringing his wife on campaign tours recently  -- the Sanders, movement.

So then (as I'm sure our traditionalist Wilson would insist) the Sanderses' movement...  (Or the Sanderses' moment, anyway.)

LH

>  (She has appeared in several TV snippets, which I don't recall occurring earlier.)
> 
> Joel
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>      From: Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM>
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 11:25 AM
> Subject: [ADS-L] Superfluous apostrophe on PBS
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> Washington Week uses captions to describe the current conversation. I saw
> this:
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> What's next for the Sanders' movement?
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