cgannon64
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So, for the most part, it's correct to say "s's"?
Is "s's" correct now?
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cgannon64 said:
I don't know about "correct", but at least it is acceptable.
Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan said that man needed government in order to not live as a beast, in his natural state.
The guys' car broke down after fifty miles.
Always add an apostrophe followed by an "s" ("'s") after a singular noun, when making it possessive. Only add a single apostrophe if the noun that you are making possessive is plural.
There is no doubt in my mind as to whether or not I am correct.
The guys' car broke down after fifty miles.
Always add an apostrophe followed by an "s" ("'s") after a singular noun, when making it possessive. Only add a single apostrophe if the noun that you are making possessive is plural.
There is no doubt in my mind as to whether or not I am correct.
Ohwell
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The King's English deems that it ends with ', not 's.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
I beleve so. I know my college writing proffessors dont penalize students whom use the "..s's".cgannon64 said:
Scuffer
Scuffer says...
Here's the thing. No one owns the English language. No authority, no governing body. Just opinions and consensus.
Erik Mesoy
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It is not correct, but there are a lot of lazy kids who can't be bothered speaking the same language as the previous generation.
@ Erik -- using 's after singular nouns ending in s has been correct as long as I've been learning grammar, which goes back to the early 80s. As has been posted already, this usage is supported by the Strunk and White style guide, which is hardly supportive of lazy writing.
I'm an American, though -- British usage could easily be different.
Renata
I'm an American, though -- British usage could easily be different.
Renata
Scuffer
Scuffer says...
I'm with Renata on this. I use s's for singular, and so do most things I read.
I believe that when something ends ...ss, the common use is ss' even for the singular.
Ross' ball bounced very high
rather than
Ross's ball bounced...
But I don't know how you would pronounce it then
I believe that when something ends ...ss, the common use is ss' even for the singular.
Ross' ball bounced very high
rather than
Ross's ball bounced...
But I don't know how you would pronounce it then
Erik Mesoy
Core Tester / Intern
@ Renata - I'm neither British nor American. I learned my English by reading waaaaay too many books. Tell me all the English books in a Norwegian library have the wrong grammar. Go on, I dare you 
Chris' ball.
Chris' ball.
Falcon02
General
I always learned that
Chris' was correct
While Chris's is not.
The main issue being that the word itself ends in s.
Also, MS Word 2002 SP3, being the "supreme judge of grammer" that it is.......
seems to accept both.... guess they didn't wanna spark controversy.
Chris' was correct
While Chris's is not.
The main issue being that the word itself ends in s.
Also, MS Word 2002 SP3, being the "supreme judge of grammer" that it is.......
seems to accept both.... guess they didn't wanna spark controversy.
@Falcon02: It must not know whether or not "Chris" is singular or plural. You only use a single apostrophe if the noun that you are making possessive is plural and ends in an "s." Singular nouns always have " 's" added to the end.
Mise
isle of lucy
I was always taught that if you say "Jesuses", you spell it "Jesus's", but if you don't add the extra "-es" on the end when you say it, it's just " s' ", not " s's ", as in " retards' ".
So it all depends on how you say it: Do you add an extra " -es " on the end or not answers the question: Do you add an extra "s" after the apostrophe.
I can think of one particular word, which could be represented by stars, for which the grammar is not defined, possibly because it can be cast as several different parts of speech, depending on the context.
So it all depends on how you say it: Do you add an extra " -es " on the end or not answers the question: Do you add an extra "s" after the apostrophe.
I can think of one particular word, which could be represented by stars, for which the grammar is not defined, possibly because it can be cast as several different parts of speech, depending on the context.
ferenginar
Grand Nagus
The filthy hobbits's
