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What is the pronunciation of the possessive words that already end in s? [duplicate]
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When did it become correct to add an ‘s’ to a singular possessive already ending in ‘s’?
Which singular names ending in “s” form possessives with only a bare apostrophe?
My ...
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Strunk and White says "Charles's" is correct -- is this still the case? [duplicate]
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When did it become correct to add an 's' to a singular possessive already ending in 's'?
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Bayes' Theorem or Bayes's Theorem? (Similarly, Charles' Law or Charles's Law?) [duplicate]
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When did it become correct to add an ‘s’ to a singular possessive already ending in ‘s’?
Which singular names ending in “s” form possessives with only a bare apostrophe?
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Mars's or Mars'? [duplicate]
I'm a pretty fluent English speaker, but this has been bothering me for a long time... It all started when I saw people, for example, saying Mars' atmosphere, according to my knowledge, the only time ...
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Jenkins' vs Jenkins's vs Jenkins'es [duplicate]
While my question applies to Jenkins (software) which was named after Jenkins named meant to evoke a feel of English butler, there is a historical precent:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins'...
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Apostrophe after Proper Noun ending with s [duplicate]
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What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in s?
When did it become correct to add an 's' to a singular possessive already ending in 's'?
Today's ...
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"Dawkins'" or "Dawkins's" [duplicate]
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I learned from school to use Dawkins', for example
That is Mr. ...
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How to handle the possessive case of the name Franks [duplicate]
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What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in s?
When did it become correct to add an 's' to a singular possessive already ending in 's'?
Hey guys I was ...
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Adding “’s” when the name ends with “s”? [duplicate]
Example 1:
Peter’s bag
Example 2:
Chris’s car
Is example 2 correct? If not, what is the rule for names that end with “s”?
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When a name finishes in "s" can you say Jaume Casals's biography? [duplicate]
Is this sentence correct?
Here you can find Jaume Casals's biography.
I think the final " 's " is unnecessary, but I am not 100% sure. Could anyone help?
Thanks.
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What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?
What is the possessive of a noun ending in ‑s? Are these both right, or is the second one wrong?
the boys' books
the boss' car
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Which singular names ending in “s” form possessives with only a bare apostrophe?
Many questions already ask about this topic (What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"? , When did it become correct to add an “s” to a singular possessive already ending in “‑...
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What is the correct syntax for a plural possessive of a word already ending in s? [duplicate]
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What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in s?
Before you vote to close as a duplicate, note that these two questions deal with similar issues to this, but none of them ...
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Possessives of a title in italics
If one writes a word in italics, say the name of a movie, and wants to put apostrophe s at the end to form the possessive, is the apostrophe s italicised with the title? Chinatown's or Chinatown's?
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Plural name apostrophe position
At my English lesson the native English speaker couldn’t tell what is correct and promised to search it for us!
He told us that if James is one person then we should write
James' Book
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