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

[Drew Adams]

> 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