[HP4GU-FAQ] FW: Apostrophes

Mon Sep 25 11:47:34 UTC 2000

Hi --

lrcjestes wrote:

> Don't mean to contradict the english major, but.....
>
> > Weasleys' is appropriate for the possessive case -- the Weasleys'
> car;
> > the Weasleys' home (but Ron Weasley's wand)
>
> This would be right if their name was Weasleys....but its Weasley
> without
> the s normally...so the possessive would be Weasley's  not Weasleys'
> right?

Nope.  Sorry!  If you're talking about Ron Weasley's wand or Percy
Weasley's owl, then it's Weasley's.  If you're talking about the Weasley
family car, it's the Weasleys' car.  Plural possessive in the latter
case.

Penny

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