Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s"

[Jambunathan K]

Glenn Morris <address@hidden> writes:

> 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.

If the "subject" is Emacs - It is Emacs'(s) manual right? - then the
above controversy can altogether be avoided by dropping self-references
altogether. Even if there is a need, one can use runtime etc. and still
make herself understood by the reader.
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