He said that his readers did not object to the "family resemblances", so why should the critics?
Many readers had objected to the old form, thinking that we didn't know the difference between plural and possessive.
From a different standpoint, American readers sometimes object to a kind of foreignness in my books.
Several readers objected, saying that buy-and-hold investing isn't a good strategy for everyone.
The reader may object or contradict, but the text will not change by one word.
Some readers may object to the occasional rough language, but this is what sports sounds like.
But some readers object to opening a magazine and getting hit with a cloud of perfume - sometimes three, even four perfumes.
"American readers sometimes object to a kind of foreignness in my books," Bellow once observed.
A few readers objected that I had published a "road map for terrorists."
At this point some readers may object that I'm painting too dark a picture.