nice try to practice with the new lingo. but I am not sure how you intend it. Are you asking me "is Tony's [sic] the right way to spell this?" that's a perfectly good use.
But since it's often in the context of a quotation, you probably would want (1) to comment on your own use, not mine; in that context you might point out "did you like my use of the apostrophe in Tony's [sic]?"
you'll note I dodged the question of the apostrophe by saying "Tony awards" -- I couldn't decide how to pluralize "Tony" -- is it "Tonies"? "Tony's"? "Tonys"? The first one treats it like a common noun, and has a regular spelling change, but it's not a common noun; the second one has a difficult relationship with the usual intension of the 's phrasal affix; the third one (1) violates the spelling-changing guidelines from the first, (2) has a terminal -ys which always makes me think of Greek, but (3) doesn't treat "Tony" as a common noun, and I don't think it should be here either.
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Date: 2005-06-07 02:59 am (UTC)But since it's often in the context of a quotation, you probably would want (1) to comment on your own use, not mine; in that context you might point out "did you like my use of the apostrophe in Tony's [sic]?"
you'll note I dodged the question of the apostrophe by saying "Tony awards" -- I couldn't decide how to pluralize "Tony" -- is it "Tonies"? "Tony's"? "Tonys"? The first one treats it like a common noun, and has a regular spelling change, but it's not a common noun; the second one has a difficult relationship with the usual intension of the 's phrasal affix; the third one (1) violates the spelling-changing guidelines from the first, (2) has a terminal -ys which always makes me think of Greek, but (3) doesn't treat "Tony" as a common noun, and I don't think it should be here either.
Ah, ich bin ein language geek.