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Nick Maclaren wrote:

PS is it old wives' or old wive's? Does the v imply plural anyway? cf
children's

A damn good question. On second thought, I was wrong, but it is
probably wives with no apostrophe!

On third thought - no, I was was right, and my last response was
stupid. The plural is wives, and so it would be wives's, except
for the rule dropping the last "s".


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.