> But Mary’s Walk should have an apostrophe no matter what you say Where I live we have a major road called the Princes Freeway/Highway. The name originally ca

> But Mary’s Walk should have an apostrophe no matter what you say Where I live we have a major road called the Princes Freeway/Highway. The name originally came from "Prince's", but the apostrophe got dropped a long time ago, well before my memory, and now everyone pronounces it like Princess, despite being spelled Princes. Maybe it should have retained its apostrophe, but it didn't and as a result it's now effectively a different word. As you are right to point out, language evolves.