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To: Kaslin

Why is there an apostrophe in “blacks” in the title?


26 posted on 08/22/2011 4:52:28 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
Title should be "Blacks' Dilemma."

The apostrophe indicates that the dilemma belongs to "Blacks." If it were only ONE black, then "Black's" would be correct. Since it belongs to blacks - plural - the correct placement of the apostrophe is after the "s," thus indicating that all of them have a dilemma and not just one of them.

End of grammar lesson..... :)

46 posted on 08/22/2011 6:08:20 AM PDT by Prov3456
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To: ilovesarah2012
Why is there an apostrophe in “blacks” in the title?

When I first saw the title I thought maybe it was about Louis Black.


48 posted on 08/22/2011 6:20:52 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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