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Chicago advises adding the extra 's where it's pronounced and not where it isn't.
When I was growing up, I definitely remember being taught that words ending in -s could indicate possession by placing the apostraphe after the ending -s. Like:Nicholas' brotherCharles' last will and testamentBess' dressesJesus' tearsIs that the grammatically correct way to do things? I'm being told it isn't...and if it isn't, could someone point me to the rules that govern this nonsense?
English rules are gross and smell like poo.
Also, knock knock...
There's something about equating "English rules" with "standardized English orthography" that bugs me for some reason.
Some people pronounce the extra s, and some don't.
Quote English rules are gross and smell like poo. There's something about equating "English rules" with "standardized English orthography" that bugs me for some reason. It's like saying math sucks because you don't like the fact that there are multiple ways to draw division notations.
The rules for writing English (a subset of "English rules") do suck.
QuoteThe rules for writing English (a subset of "English rules") do suck. I think they're value-neutral.
Quote Also, knock knock... who's there?
QuoteSome people pronounce the extra s, and some don't.I couldn't figure out who doesn't pronounce the extra "s," or in what circumstances you might not. After all, no one says -- or would say -- "I stole Jesus tricycle." But then I realized that if the word already had an extra "s" as a consequence of a plural, I normally wouldn't say the "s"; in other words, I would NOT say "I shot out the Smiths-es window."