Re: "Ds" - Re: Filling in the gaps
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Posted by Jock on September 28, 2006 at 20:02:26 from 86.135.202.151
user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: posted by Mark Dudley on September 28, 2006 at 19:55:14:
Surely the apostrophe in the possessive stands in for 'his' as in John, his boat
Alas no.
In Old English, a common singular genitive ending was -es.
The apostrophe in the modern possessive marker is in fact an indicator of
the e that is "missing" from the Old English morphology.
From Wikipedia see below for full reference.
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