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Re: [OM] Gus-Gus's World - APOSTROPHE ALERT!!

Subject: Re: [OM] Gus-Gus's World - APOSTROPHE ALERT!!
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 19:28:20 +0000
Last time I looked it up (don't know where) it made an exception for
religious names, so it would be Chris's Fuji but Jesus' Olympus.

Jez's contribution

On 21 February 2016 at 14:07, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I should revise that slightly, Chris: it’s common with a plural (that ends
> with ’s’) to omit the final ’s’.  But it’s quite reasonable to write
> something like ‘Chris’s camera’ or ‘Jesus’s cloak’ (although the Bible
> translation that I read omits that final ’s’).
>
> Chris
>
> > On 21 Feb 2016, at 13:18, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >     In the possessive form of a word ending with an 's', the common
> usage is to not have an 's' after the apostrophe.
> >
> >     Grammar Police - To Serve and Correct.
> >
> >     BTW:  Nice reference to "Christina's World".
>
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