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Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s"


From: James Cloos
Subject: Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s"
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:28:43 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.130004 (Ma Gnus v0.4) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux)

>>>>> "DD" == Deniz Dogan <address@hidden> writes:

>> This is one of Emacs's most important features.
>> 
>> or
>> 
>> This is one of Emacs' most important features.

DD> What does grammar say?  Is it a corner-case?  Does it differ
DD> depending on locale?

In en_US Standard Written English the latter is preferred.

I've heard tell that en_UK disagrees, but that is only hearsay.

-JimC
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James Cloos <address@hidden>         OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6



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