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the possessive of James is spelled James's and pronounced - / z ɪ z /, but, singularly, the possessive of Jesus is often spelled adding only an apostrophe (Jesus ') and is and was usually pronounced the same (/ˈdʒiːzəs/). Singular nouns ending in s also form a possessive regularly by adding ' s, as in Charles's / ˈ tʃ ɑːr l z ɪ z / or ...
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 ...
How about this: Possessives To form the possessive of a singular noun that ends in s, the general rule is to add an apostrophe and an s, for example, Charles's book. Exceptions to this rule are as follows: When the final s of the noun is soft or unpronounced: Descartes' theories, Rabelais' writing
“It’s,” short for “it is,” is another commonly misused contraction — so “it’s the most wonderful time of the year.” “Its” with no apostrophe is possessive (e.g., “The town ...
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"
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. --Gareth Hughes 17:40, 11 January 2006 (UTC) Certainly the pronunication of 's would add an extra syllable
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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