Re: Other peoples cat's - OT response

The message <C70qYhDyjAVDFw8D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
from David Rance <david.rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:

> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
> >
> >> >"Squirrels's nuts" for "the nuts of the squirrels" is also correct,
> >> >though not so often used;
> >
> >> Really? I'd like to verify that. Can you give me your source for that?
> >
> >If I could unforget - probably Miss Burbridge, around 1955.

> Hmm, I'm not sure she was correct. I don't think you'll find it in any
> book on English usage.

I have several, but Fowler seems still to be in store. The apostrophe
doesn't appear (on a quick look) to be mentioned in Plain Words by Sir
Ernest Gowers, and other English Language books are reposing with Fowler
innit.

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