Re: apostrophe with compound name?

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
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> Ron Hardin wrote:
> >
> > Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > >
> > > This morning, Scott Simon has been closing each hour of Weekend Edition
> > > Saturday by saying "NPR will keep you informed of Pope John Paul's the
> > > Second condition."
> > >
> > > Can anyone else say that?
> >
> > Why do you think it's correct? and not ``... Second's.''
>
> > On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
>
> Does my question not imply, for you, that I find it most odd?

No. It implies there's something special about the restrictive apposition that
makes the Pope's possessive go in the middle.
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Ron Hardin
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