User:Laurence Boyce/The apostrophe
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There appears to be some confusion concerning the use of the possessive apostrophe after a final "s". I take as my guide, Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss, as it's good for a laugh. Here is what she says:
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- Current guides to punctuation . . . state that with modern names ending in "s" . . . the "s" is required after the apostrophe:
- Keats's poems
- Philippa Jones's book
- St James's Square
- Alexander Dumas's The Three Musketeers
- Current guides to punctuation . . . state that with modern names ending in "s" . . . the "s" is required after the apostrophe:
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- With names from the ancient world, it is not:
- Archimedes' screw
- Achilles' heel
- With names from the ancient world, it is not:
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- If the name ends in an "iz" sound, an exception is made:
- Bridges' score
- Moses' tablets
- If the name ends in an "iz" sound, an exception is made:
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- And an exception is always made for Jesus:
- Jesus' disciples
- And an exception is always made for Jesus:
