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Old 06-14-2004, 10:29 AM   #8
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Need a Ruling Please

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
If we're moving on to plural possessive:

Congress. Is the word plural (in the British tradition of a collectivity as plural--"Man U are knackered out on the pitch"), and therefore:

Congress'

or singular, and therefore:

Congress's
Wouldn't your "British" characterization of treating the a collective noun as plural kind of answer that question? Of all things to treat as Brit. . . .
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