Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 21:35:45 -0500

From: mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU

Subject: Re: genitive in names of businesses



On Thu, 12 May 1994, Larry Horn wrote:



Funny, I've never heard "Kmart's", even though it's precisely of the same form

as "Caldor('s)". Maybe the '-mart' morpheme is just TOO non-personal.

Incidentally, the main alternative to Caldor('s) is Bradlees (no apostrophe),

which may be one factor in the shift. We don't have Walmart here yet, but it

would strike me as equally weird to have "Walmart's". On the other hand, we

do have Walgreens, but that COULD be a name (cf. Woolworths).



Larry



Anybody remember whether the Walgreen sign has an "s" on the end? I

haven't seen one since the Nixon administration.