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From: | Glenn Morris |
Subject: | Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s" |
Date: | Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:48:17 -0500 |
User-agent: | Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
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.
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