[OT] How to use an apostrophe

[Richard Brekne]

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What I want to know is how do you turn "Steinway" into a
dangling participle ??

Stéphane Collin wrote:

> Hello list. Let me also propose a spelling for the
> pluralization of Steinway.My logical suggestion depends on
> what you mean when you say :"A Steinway", as this never
> appears to be clear. If you mean a member of the family
> called Steinway, like in this excerpt :
>
>      "And never forget you are a Steinway !"
>
>           (Henrich Engelhard Steinweg to one of
>           his sons, when dying in 1871)
>
> then, the plural should be something like :
>
>      "And never forget you are Steinway bastards !"
>
>           (Carl Bechstein (Bechsteinszoon's)
>           when proposed to sell his company to
>           some US market tenors)
>
> But if you mean a grand piano of the famous make called
> after it's pattent owner, like in this excerpt :
>
>      "Careful with that Steinway, Bob !"
>
>           (Bob's mother)
>
> then, the plural definetly should be :
>
>      "Careful with those Steinway grand pianos, Bill
>      !"
>
>           (Bill's chief purser)
>
> Please notice that neither the generic noun Steinway, nor
> the adjective grand get pluralized.  Only the common noun
> piano is, as only this refers to the thing that is
> actually pluralized.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stéphane Collin
> (from the Académie Française)
>
>



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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
UiB, Bergen, Norway
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