Re: a grammar question

i18n@... wrote:

>Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
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>>Johns Hopkins University
>>isn't a possessive, but it sounds like one.
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>Which part sounds possessive to you? I think I have seen "John's
>Hopkins" once or twice, but the more familiar error is by far "John
>Hopkins", both written and verbal.
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"John's Hopkins," which I admit is not a particularly easy mistake to
make, since why would John have a Hopkins-University anyway? Still, a
common name like "John" with an -s on the end... anyone would think that
was a possessive construction.

~mark