On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:57:57 -0500, Ken Smith wrote: >Maybe right: > >z13 is a single z13 >z13's is more than one z13 >z13s is a single z13s >z13s' is more than one z13s >z13* or z13x is one or more z13*'s or z13x's > >where x or * is any char including null > Hmmm ...
Actress Nominative singular Actress's Possessive singular Actresses Nominative plural Actresses' Possessive plural But, as Joel says, the rules are not universally understood. And the distinction between word and non-word is further confusing. I agree with Mark: the choice was ill-considered. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
