Collected Precedents of the S.C.A.: Possessive


Name Precedents: Possessive

Laurel: Date: (year.month.date) Precedent:
François la Flamme 2003.09 [Heraldic title Stags Attire Herald] Submitted as Stag's Attire Herald, we have dropped the apostrophe, as no evidence was found of its use in period. [Outlands, Kingdom of the, 09/2003, A-Outlands]
Da'ud ibn Auda (2nd tenure, 2nd year) 1996.03 Note that at least until very late in period the usual form of the possessive of king was kinges or kynges. (Talan Gwynek, LoAR March 1996, p. 4)
Da'ud ibn Auda (2nd tenure, 2nd year) 1996.03 Note that at least until very late in period the usual form of the possessive of queen was queenes. (Talan Gwynek, LoAR March 1996, p. 4)
Da'ud ibn Auda 1994.12 The form of possessive using an apostrophe is post-period. We have simply dropped it. (Da'ud ibn Auda, LoAR December 1994, p. 1)
Da'ud ibn Auda (2nd tenure, 2nd year) 1994.11 Submitted as [N] of Lion's Moor, the byname as formed used the post-period possessive form with an apostrophe, and was hard to justify as a reasonable English locative because of, among other things, the absence of lions in England. However, several commenters were able to find support for the form registered [Lyonsmoor]. (Da'ud ibn Auda, LoAR November 1994, p. 5)
Da'ud ibn Auda (2nd tenure, 2nd year) 1994.08 Though the use of the apostrophe to indicate a possessive is post-period, the use is grandfathered to the Barony, which has several other phoenix's parts registered. (Da'ud ibn Auda, LoAR August 1994, p. 2)
Da'ud ibn Auda (2nd tenure, 2nd year) 1994.07 Submitted as Alison Gray of Owls' Wood, we have modified the name because the apostrophe did not become an obligatory mark of the genitive plural until the 18th century and in period does not appear to have been used in this fashion.(Da'ud ibn Auda, LoAR July 1994, p. 6)