Talk:Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge
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[edit] Apostrophe?
I thought it was strange this isn't a "Veterans' Memorial Bridge", but apparently the law has it without an apostrophe: http://www.leg.state.or.us/03reg/measures/sjr1.dir/sjr0038.en.html Since the resolution passed through the watchful eyes of the office of the Legislative Counsel several times, I guess we can assume this isn't an error... Katr67 (talk) 20:47, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
- It seems to be common to drop the apostrophe for memorials, I guess with the rationale that the memorial was not built BY the veterans (implying possession) but TO the veterans; see also Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Oregon Vietnam Veterans Memorial (which the PP&R dept. calls the "Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial," no doubt to get around the apostrophe). --Esprqii (talk) 21:06, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
- *sigh* I guess that makes sense. But I suspect apostrophe's are just to hard too figure out... Katr67 (talk) 21:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
- I found it on Wikipedia! From Veterans Day "The holiday is commonly printed as Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day in calendars and advertisements. While these spellings are grammatically acceptable, the United States government has declared that the attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the official spelling.[1]" Katr67 (talk) 21:39, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
- *sigh* I guess that makes sense. But I suspect apostrophe's are just to hard too figure out... Katr67 (talk) 21:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
