Grammar help

[RESmonkey]

Let's say we have a play writer named Aeschylus.

Would I say:

Aeschylus's play...

or

Aeschylus' play...


Thanks

 

[HN]

door number 2

 

[Delita]

Number 1

 

[BrianH1]

Aeschylus' play..


I'm an English teacher.

 

[RESmonkey]

Thanks all, I'm going w/ the second one.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
Thanks all, I'm going w/ the second one.

Excellent choice. Now, about your OP. In English, one is not a "play writer" but a "playwright".

Using "play writer" makes you sound just as untutored as using "book writer" for "author" would.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
Thanks all, I'm going w/ the second one.

Excellent choice. Now, about your OP. In English, one is not a "play writer" but a "playwright".

Using "play writer" makes you sound just as untutored as using "book writer" for "author" would.

He's a college student and doesnt know the difference, thus, is not serious... "play(ing) writer" is what hes doing

 

[yankeesfan]

First one makes the most logical sense.

 

[RapidSnail]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan
First one makes the most logical sense.

That's because you are a Yankees fan.

 

[thecrecarc]

Second one.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Grammar rules are try not to have a possessive ownership indicator following a trailing 's'.

Just hang the apostrophe off the end of the word

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
Thanks all, I'm going w/ the second one.

Excellent choice. Now, about your OP. In English, one is not a "play writer" but a "playwright".

Using "play writer" makes you sound just as untutored as using "book writer" for "author" would.

Play writer = playwright

Book writer = author

Column writer = columnist

Newspaper write = journalist

Forum writer = neffer


Who the hell comes up with these things?

 

[Twista]

1

looks rights to me.

Source: Me/.

 

[darkxshade]

Neither, its:

Aeschylususes play

 

[cdmccool]

Option 1

Option 2 used to be the correct way to write it, however, it was changed.

The English teacher above needs to brush up on *current* grammar rules.