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71 questions linked to/from Which singular names ending in “s” form possessives with only a bare apostrophe?
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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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Possessive case for a certain proper noun - ss apostrophe [duplicate]
In the case of the proper noun Ross, which of the following would be correct?
Ross's
Ross'
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Correct place of apostrophe: friend's or friends' [duplicate]
A quick Google search (actually I use Duckduckgo but "a quick Duck or DDG search" would sound weird...) showed that "friend's" was a bit more common, whereas a Google user manual or tutorial used "...
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Which is correct Jess' or Jess's [duplicate]
Please help us solve our debate.
One person says to write "Jess' Bridal Shower", the other says to write "Jess's Bridal Shower".
What is the correct way, or are the both correct?
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Guidelines for adding 's after name of company ending in s [duplicate]
How about adding 's to the name of a company that ends in s for a possessive? Is it the same guideline (go by how it would be pronounced)? Thanks.
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Marine Corps Possessive [duplicate]
I am editing my brother’s paper, and I realized I am unsure about the possessive form of Marine Corps, such as
The best kept secret of the Marine Corps
Is it
the Marine Corps’ best kept secret
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The Jones's, Joneses, or Jones'? [duplicate]
I am calligraphing holiday ornaments. I have been given a list of names. Which is correct when a name ends in an es, "The Jones's, or The Joneses, or The Jones'?"
Also, when it does not end in an ...
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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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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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possessive form of nouns ending in "x" [duplicate]
Where a noun ends with the letter x, is it proper for the possessive form of the word to end with 's or simply ' ?
Example 1:
"It is Xerox' position that it owns the patent."
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"It ...
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Possession in Business Name With Apostrophe [duplicate]
In the following sentence, how would I indicate possession if the word "business'" were replaced by the name of the business: like "Fry's" or "Wendy's"?
Some business' employees are happy.
It ...
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How to properly spell "belonging to a virus"? [duplicate]
In a SU topic about computer viruses I wanted to write a sentence starting with something like The ability of a virus to.... So I started writing A viruse's ability to... and realized that viruse's ...
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Pronunciation of Jesus' feet [duplicate]
Can someone help me to clarify this. Is the word Jesus' feet pronounced as "Jesuses feet" or simply "Jesus feet"? I read up some articles and most of them said both versions are correct. However, ...
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Dickens' or Dickens's? [duplicate]
This BBC report (link) suggests that we should use "Dickens' Great Expectations", but I remember there is a rule from Strunk and White (here) that would suggest "Dickens's Great Expectations".
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Possessive Form of a Proper Noun Ending in a Plural Noun Ending in "s"? [duplicate]
I don't think this has yet been covered in any of the other questions on similar topics. There was one other very similar question, however, it was not specifically talking about the case where the ...
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