[Wikipedia-l] apostrophes

Sun Oct 19 16:50:35 UTC 2003

A few days ago there was a renewed discussion about whether or not certain 
wars have apostrophes in their names, at 
Wikipedia:Pages_needing_attention#History.  Is it "Hundred Years' War" or 
"Hundred Years War"? Right now there is an apostrophe and the one without 
redirects.  I argued that that is the correct way, but there is still 
disagreement about it.

>From: "Matt M." <matt_mcl at sympatico.ca>
>Reply-To: wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org
>To: <wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org>
>Subject: [Wikipedia-l] apostrophes
>Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:32:16 -0400
>
> > BIG MAC'S - 79p.
> >
> > I kept wondering - Big Mac's /what/? Who is Big Mac?
>
>"An apostrophe does not mean, 'Here comes an S!' "
>
>A pet peeve of mine as well, I must say (said the translator/proofreader);
>right up there with the quotation marks as some kind of mutant intensifier.
>
>HAVE A "NICE" DAY!
>
>*claws eyes out, his own or the quotation mark abuser's*
>
>matt/montrealais
>
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