Interesting Fact About Caesars Palace in Vegas

[stopbush]

There's no apostrophe in Caesars. It's plural, because everyone who comes to Caesars Palace is a Caesar.

I learned that when I lived in LV.

[TTUBatfan2008]

1. That IS interesting!

Learn something new every day. Thanks for sharing.

[6chars]

2. Why not Caesars' Palace?

[stopbush]

3. Why do cartoons only have 4 fingers on each hand?

But to your question, it's probably because the Caesars who visit don't own the place, so a possessive wouldn't be correct.

[6chars]

4. perfect

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Kind of like the people who irritate the heck out of this writer/editor with Farmer's Market.

[valerief]

5. Ha! Interesting. Then, of course, it should be Caesars' Palace. Apostrophe after the s. nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Only if your name is on the deed. :)

Caesars Palace=a place where you will find a lot of Caesars...

Caesars' Palace=A place owned by a bunch of Caesars.

[valerief]

8. Ah, good distinction! I made the wrong assumption. nt

[stopbush]

9. I pointed that out 20 minutes ago ^^^

[valerief]

10. Sorry, I missed your second post where you did that. I'm not a very comprehensive

reader!

[stopbush]

11. No problem! People's attentions are focussed elsewhere today.

It's expected.

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. It's what I do all day every day (writer/editor).

Even journalists screw it up. It's why we end up with Farmer's Markets instead of Farmers Markets.