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  2. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage - Wikipedia

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    Uses ' s for possessives even for a word/name ending in s; Gives rationales for many practices for which AP simply states a rule; Is strictly alphabetical and thus self-indexed, while AP has separate sections for sports and weather entries, and combines many entries under such terms as "weapons"

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Wikipedia : Guidance on applying the Manual of Style

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    The logical style is used in most countries as standard, [citation needed] and is becoming more popular in America too, although most Americans still use the aesthetic style. The logical style is to include the mark of punctuation inside the quotation marks only if the sense of the mark of punctuation is part of the quotation.

  7. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    We'll cover exactly how to play Strands, hints for today's spangram and all of the answers for Strands #283 on Wednesday, December 11. Related: 16 Games Like Wordle To Give You Your Word Game Fix ...

  8. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 169 - Wikipedia

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    One sticking point: Proper pronunciation of a possessive written as Hodges' would, for many speakers, sound the same as Hodges's, otherwise it would be indistinguishable from Hodge's, and Hodge is an actual name. MoS's present wording "Add only an apostrophe if the possessive is pronounced the same way as the non-possessive name: Sam Hodges ...

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