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Questions about the possessive, one of several constructions that describe ownership or association between two objects.
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Singular possessive apostrophe for name ending in "s"
In your example, I would consider Jaws as a name, not as a plural noun jaws, which would indeed take just an apostrophe.
When I was at school (in England over 50 years ago), we were taught that a nam …
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How to write the "plural of plural"?
"Three types of phone" ("Three phone types" is also grammatically correct, but less usual).
"The doctors' cars" ("The cars of the doctors" is also grammatically correct, but clumsy).
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Attributive or Possessive noun: the Dell Company's staff. or the Dell Company staff?
Some companies have a style guide that specifies that the company name should not have any such additions.
So if in doubt, you should use the form without the apostrophe.
This also remains correct i …
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