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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Plura genitive forms of names ending -s

If there are two men by the name Charles, and they both have wives, how do I form the genitive? Charleses' wives ? The wives of Charleses ? Or something totally different?
  

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You can say the Charleses' wives , or the wives of the Charlese s. They both sound awkward, though.

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  • You can say the Charleses' wives , or the wives of the Charlese s.
  • They both sound awkward, though.
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You can say the Charleses' wives, or the wives of the Charleses. They both sound awkward, though. Emotion: smile
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In the highly unlikely situation that I would want to refer to the wives of two men named Charles, I suppose I would speak of the wives of both Charleses.
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