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Guest Posted 22 years ago
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Eponyms (rules for apostrophes)/2nd opinion?
Hi! We have conflicting views on this one. how will we know if we need to omit the (apostrophe s) on eponyms? for example, Tinel sign or Tinel's sign.
Please help.
Thank you so much.
Please help.
Thank you so much.
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Hello Guest It would be tidy if eponyms followed these rules (using 'person' for both real and fictive people): 1. g. Père David's deer, Pallas's cat; 2.
- Hello Guest It would be tidy if eponyms followed these rules (using 'person' for both real and fictive people): 1.
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- Père David's deer, Pallas's cat; 2.
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- Job's tears, Jacob's ladder (both plants); 3.
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Hello Guest
It would be tidy if eponyms followed these rules (using 'person' for both real and fictive people):
1. Apostrophe, where the person discovered or invented the 'thing eponymized', e.g. Père David's deer, Pallas's cat;
2. Apostrophe, where the 'thing eponymized' is named for an attribute of the person, e.g. Job's tears, Jacob's ladder (both plants);
It would be tidy if eponyms followed these rules (using 'person' for both real and fictive people):
1. Apostrophe, where the person discovered or invented the 'thing eponymized', e.g. Père David's deer, Pallas's cat;
2. Apostrophe, where the 'thing eponymized' is named for an attribute of the person, e.g. Job's tears, Jacob's ladder (both plants);
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