Fred Smith <fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> writes: >> BTW, why is it "Schrödinger's" and not "Schrödingers"? Schrödinger >> wasn't a cat. > > because "'s" is the possessive form (at least in English), meaning > we're referring to something that belonged to "Schrödinger", while > the second form you show (i.e., sans apostrophe) means multiple > people/entities/things called Schrödinger.
Ohh! Really? I never understood that before and it never made sense. There's no such distinction in German. What if the guy was called "Waterfalls"? "Waterfalls' cat"? -- Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
