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From: | Drew Adams |
Subject: | RE: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s" |
Date: | Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:07:00 -0800 |
> A critical question. What is the standard form in GNU manuals > for using the possessive apostrophe with singular nouns > ending in "s"? > > This is one of Emacs's most important features. > or > This is one of Emacs' most important features. > > Currently there are ~ 46 instances of the former in the > manuals, and 63 of the latter. I favour the former. +1 for the former case (.+s's is my preference also). (Dunno what the GNU standard is for this.) As for guidance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Singular_nouns_ending_with_an_.22s.22_or _.22z.22_sound http://www.grammarmudge.cityslide.com/articles/article/426348/4944.htm http://www.englishclub.com/esl-articles/possessive-apostrophe.htm
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