Re: [content-free] Re: Gates Foundation transfers in another $5B

From: I'm not a real doofus, but I play one at a national laboratory (baisley@fnal.gov)
Date: Tue Jan 25 2000 - 14:39:06 PST

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> What's wrong with "Gates'"?

Not much, when you're using the possessive. Bill Gates's foundation is now
the biggest. The Gateses have contributed another $5B. The Gateses's
philanthropy has come a long way. When I was in high school, we would've
written it Gates' or Gateses', but I understand that the style has changed.
I could well be wrong, though. ThomStew oughta know, being a publisher type.

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