<P>Greetings!</P>
<P>I wrote earlier:</P>
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<P><EM>I also ascribe to the "s-apostrophe" rather than the "s-apostrophe-s" rule, which seems illogical, and is, because Americans at least will ad an extra "s" as in Barkses stories when they pronounce the possessive of Barks. Still, I have never liked the way it looks! And so, even though the sound is there, I will not write an extra gentive "s" for a word ending in -s.</EM></P>
<P><EM>Illogical, but that's English!</EM></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><STRONG>Mr. Markstein</STRONG> wrote:<BR>No it isn't. Not correct English, anyway. Tell me, do you also "ascribe" (look it up) to the practice of using an apostrophe to form plurals? That, too, is a popular but grossly incorrect way of dealing with English nouns.</P>
<P>Ascribe has been looked up.</P>
<P>If you re-read what I wrote, I agree with you! I just do not like the way it looks!<BR></P><BR>
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