[PRCo] Re: Fwd: correction to link

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Yes, there is a lack of unanimity in this usage.  I generally use just the
apostrophe after a plural noun (plural possessive) unless it sounds
ridiculous, in which case I am governed by phonetics!  A word or name ending
in "s" is not necessarily a plural.

There was a piece in yesterday's paper on this very issue, having to do with
an "official" plural possessive for Arkansas that sounds really stupid
("Arkansas's").

Ed

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Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: correction to link


On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> That would be "Wells's."

Or "Wells'", depending on which version of the MLA handbook you believe.