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minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down14·edit-22 days agoMy rule is contractions only. I don’t even use use it for possession (eg Jake’s car) because you can always pick that up just fine from context (Jakes car). edit: Everybody hated that 🤷
minus-squareIbuthyr@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days agoYou kinda have to use the apostrophe for possession though. It reads terribly without it.
minus-squaretomenzgg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoWhy a designated car to house multiple Jakes?
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIf the name ends in an S, you leave a floating apostrophe. James’ If the name does not end with an S, you place an S after an apostrophe. Carl’s The only time an S without an apostrophe is valid is when indicating plural. If the noun ends with an S, you do not have to change anything. Many James Many Carls
minus-squareisyasad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoIf the word is plural and ends with s then you use s’ but for a single James, you can write James’s.
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 day agoDepends on pronunciation: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/possessives
My rule is contractions only. I don’t even use use it for possession (eg Jake’s car) because you can always pick that up just fine from context (Jakes car).
edit: Everybody hated that 🤷
You kinda have to use the apostrophe for possession though. It reads terribly without it.
Why a designated car to house multiple Jakes?
If the name ends in an S, you leave a floating apostrophe.
James’
If the name does not end with an S, you place an S after an apostrophe.
Carl’s
The only time an S without an apostrophe is valid is when indicating plural. If the noun ends with an S, you do not have to change anything.
Many James
Many Carls
If the word is plural and ends with s then you use s’ but for a single James, you can write James’s.
Depends on pronunciation: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/possessives
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