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How to add a possessive to a plural that doesn't follow the "add s" rule?
Let us say that I want to talk about the houses that are collectively owned by a set of mice. The phrase "the mice houses" doesn't make sense to me, but "the mice's houses" also ...
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Possessive form of Mrs. (with full-stop/period) [duplicate]
Let's assume I have a text talking about Mrs. Jones and I want to start a section talking about her childhood. Which of the following forms, if any, is valid?
Mrs.'s childhood
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Mrs.' ...
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Apostrophe on Proper Nouns that end in -s. “Louis's” vs “Louis’ '’? [duplicate]
Though I see that many have asked the question of whether acronyms that ends with a "s" should be s' or s's, I have puzzled over whether nouns that ends in “s” should end in s's or s'.
Many sources ...
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Genitive of Fritz [duplicate]
How do I form a Genitive of Fritz, i. e. a word that indicates that something or someone belongs to him?
Following options come to mind and neither sounds English:
Fritz's friends
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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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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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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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Apostrophe usage in the Iliad (Lombardo) [duplicate]
I'm taking a classics class, and we're currently reading Lombardo's translation of the Iliad. It strikes me incredibly odd how possessive and plural nouns are formed:
The met by the ancient oak ...
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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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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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Apostrophes and s’s [duplicate]
I always forget the rule about if something is possessive put 's at the end, for example "the sailor's hat". I know some people say to remember because it has a different meaning if it's plural (e.g. "...
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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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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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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'?
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Achilles heel and Achilles tendon
Studying possessive apostrophes I have searched on ELU the questions correlated to this matter.
I have found the following: «What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in s?» and &...
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