Re: Fauxes Pas

[Chris Woodward <cwoodwar@bellsouth.net>]

Marc Gelefsky wrote:

> > And why does "Mac's" get an apostrophe, while "Audis" get nothing?
> > If you are saying for a minute that Macs own the computer world, and
> > Audis own nothing, you will deal with a vengeful wrath!

I think it was because he was using the word "Mac" as a posessive noun, i.e.
"...the Mac's market share..." is the same as saying "...the market share of
the Mac...."  On the other hand, Audi was merely being used in plural form.
"...people buy Audis."