Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:22:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Arnold Nelson"
To: "WSJ Letters"
Subject: Does the Journal have trouble with apostrophes, too?
Chicago, Thursday PM, August 21, 2008
Editors, Wall Street Journal
Gentlepeople:
A paragraph titled 'Thailand' in your fine Thursday, August 21 article "When [Olympic] Gold Turns Green" has a sentence referring to a Thai weight lifter: "The 24-year-old is the countries lone gold of these Games." "Countries"? Say it ain't so, WSJ. Since it's the possessive of "country" not a number of "countries", it should be "country's", not "countries".
Arnold H. Nelson 5056 North Marine Drive Chicago IL
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:57
From: "Martin-Sr, Paul" <Paul.Martin-Sr@wsj.com>
To: ah_nelson@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: Does the Journal have trouble with apostrophes, too?
Mr. Nelson:
Thank you for your note about the misuse of “countries” for “country’s” in the Journal article.
We appreciate readers like you who hold us to high standards -- especially when their notes are as gracious as yours.
Sincerely, Paul Martin WSJ stylebook editor
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