I should revise that slightly, Chris: it’s common with a plural (that ends with
’s’) to omit the final ’s’. But it’s quite reasonable to write something like
‘Chris’s camera’ or ‘Jesus’s cloak’ (although the Bible translation that I read
omits that final ’s’).
Chris
> On 21 Feb 2016, at 13:18, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In the possessive form of a word ending with an 's', the common usage is
> to not have an 's' after the apostrophe.
>
> Grammar Police - To Serve and Correct.
>
> BTW: Nice reference to "Christina's World".
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