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Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s"
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s" |
Date: |
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:27:04 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
Hi, Glenn.
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:48:17PM -0500, Glenn Morris wrote:
> 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.
Me too. Presumably you use "Morris's" too, when you get to be
possessive.
A good ground for this choice is consistency and logic - if adding "'s"
is the normal method of possessivisation, why depart from it
unnecessarily?
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
- Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", (continued)
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Jambunathan K, 2012/02/23
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Jambunathan K, 2012/02/23
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Paul Eggert, 2012/02/23
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s",
Alan Mackenzie <=
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Stefan Monnier, 2012/02/23
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Wolfgang Jenkner, 2012/02/24