's, s's and s'

[JBB]

goddamnit I hate this one. Correct apostrophe use for singular/plural words ending in "s" or not. Help please.

[canis582]

"A businesses' assets"

[Eurotrash]

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"A businesses' assets"

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lol no.


edit: note that "a" and "businesses" don't even agree

[acoustix]

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"A businesses' assets"

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Good God

[miajag]

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"A businesses' assets"

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i hope this was a joke

[niss]

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"A businesses' assets"

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I think the OP was asking about English.

[MrWookie]

Names ending in S are tricky, and tend to raise the blood pressure of grammar nits everywhere. Some people use the terminal apostrophe like plurals for these, e.g., "I drove Bob Jones' car." I've also heard that this rule is reserved strictly for Jesus and Moses, but for the rest of us, we use 's even if our name ends in s, e.g., "I drive Bob Jones's car, but I follow Jesus' teachings." Most physics texts I've seen refer to Gauss's Law, not Gauss' Law (one of Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism). Plural nouns are always with a terminal apostrophe, e.g., "My books' covers are worn out, and I'm taking the Jones' car to B&N to buy new ones."

[istewart]

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one of Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism

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[censored] show-off.

[private joker]

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I've also heard that this rule is reserved strictly for Jesus and Moses, but for the rest of us, we use 's even if our name ends in s, e.g., "I drive Bob Jones's car, but I follow Jesus' teachings."

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This is correct:

[pistolero]

My name is James and I always use a terminal apostrophe for my stuff (i.e. James'). This is mainly because I don't think Jesus deserves his own rule.