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  2. English possessive - Wikipedia

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    The possessive form of an English noun, or more generally a noun phrase, is made by suffixing a morpheme which is represented orthographically as ' s (the letter s preceded by an apostrophe), and is pronounced in the same way as the regular English plural ending (e)s: namely, as / ɪ z / when following a sibilant sound (/ s /, / z /, / ʃ /, / ʒ /, / tʃ / or / dʒ /), as / s / when following ...

  3. Apostrophe - Wikipedia

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    The only exceptions are the possessive cases of names ending in an "s"-sound as in Max' Vater, or "to prevent ambiguities" in all other possessive cases of names, as in Andrea's Blumenladen (referring to the female name Andrea, not the male name Andreas). The English/Saxon style of using an apostrophe for possession was introduced after the ...

  4. There's an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar ... - AOL

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    Timothy Pulju, a senior lecturer in linguistics at Dartmouth College, said that until the 17th or 18th century, the possessive of proper names ending in S — such as Jesus or Moses — often was ...

  5. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Archive (punctuation)

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    The Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition): "The possessive of most singular nouns is formed by adding an s, and the possessive of plural nouns (except for a few irregular plurals that do not end in s) by adding an apostrophe only...The general rule covers most proper nouns, including names ending in s, x, or z, in both their singular and ...

  6. Possessive - Wikipedia

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    The personal pronouns of many languages correspond to both a set of possessive determiners and a set of possessive pronouns.For example, the English personal pronouns I, you, he, she, it, we and they correspond to the possessive determiners my, your, his, her, its, our and their and also to the (substantive) possessive pronouns mine, yours, his, hers, its (rare), ours and theirs.

  7. Talk:Possessive of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    This also applies to names -- Mrs Thomas's car (Thomas's is three syllables), but the Thomases' family car (still three syllables). However, there is a tradition that certain 'classical' names that end in s break this rule: they add apostrophe only in the singular and do not add an extra syllable -- Socrates' cup and Jesus' disciples.

  8. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style

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    Most modern style guides treat names ending with s just like other singular nouns when forming the possessive. The few that do not propose mutually contradictory alternatives. The few that do not propose mutually contradictory alternatives.

  9. Genitive case - Wikipedia

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    To indicate possession the ending of the noun indicating the possessor changes depending on the word's ending in the nominative case. For example, to a, u, i , or y in Polish , а, я, ы , or и in Russian , а, я, y, ю, і, и or ей in Ukrainian , and similar cases in other Slavic languages.