Thank you for asking me. (It's not specifically "my" school of thought; it's just how the words differ.)
This is a tricky grammar rule, I'll admit, because most other forms of showing possesion in written English use the apostrophe for that exact purpose. The reason it doesn't carry the apostrophe in this instance is that there is no contraction involved. In order for a contracted word to be broken down into two separate elements, the result would be two actual words.
For instance: it's = it is, it has don't = do not can't = can not I'm = I am we'd = we would
And so on.
However, the eagle spread its wings does not translate to it is wings or it has wings.
Furthermore, it's not a plural because the noun in your example is the word "name", not the word "it".
I have to say WW, it is a "pissa!" It is my native tongue as well. It is a tricky one. I get many things wrong. My grandma would roll over in her grave if she saw my sentence structures these days. Randy can correct me if I am wrong but most countries put the verb before the noun. English does the opposite. Language is an ever changing form of communication. I have found that most foreigners speak it and write it much better than many of us. It is the only language I know of that has exceptions and then amended exceptions to the original exception which surely was because someone forget the original rule and made it a now understood rule. See? How confusing it can be is truly a "pissa!" Big giggles. Actually, I like it when Randy D catches me. If I am trying to share my thoughts and/or suggestions, I would like to present them in an intelligent fashion. *Just a quick pause off the question... which I will go back and answer right now! See you soon on this question again or another!" :)
You are different like a whiff of fresh air...never hurting anyone and always popping up where there is trouble to calm down things.....I really like the way you see the world and such an inspiring gif....thank you so much WW!
Which one are you referring to Zack? Winged Wonder and Randy D both fit the profile! Winks and smiles!
This post was edited by Merlin at April 10, 2017 5:48 AM MDT
I'm speaking of all the sick depraved thoughts I have. Now if I knew the best type of medium to materialize those thoughts, I'd truly be content, but only if I made money off of it.
"The Sun Room"; because just like direct sunlight, I can't look at my mistakes w/o cringing and feeling pain
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 11, 2017 6:36 AM MDT