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Creek Hiker: Life in the foothills of Southern California with a beloved mutt in tow.
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- CreekHiker / HollysFolly
- Musings on life, lampwork glass beads, rubber stamps, and all sorts of crafty things. ********************** Old fashioned Southern Belle (yeah, we still exist) whose greatest joy is the daily hikes with my dog. I make food safe rubber stamps (combining the love of baking and stamping) and also make lampwork beads and sell jewelry. In my spare time, I write for tv and other clients and dabble in web development. Email Creekhiker
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No, the operator should be forced to practice proper use of apostrophes 100 times, like we had to do in school. Then stand on a busy street corner for eight hours wearing a sign that says "I'm Illiterate".
Hm. You're gonna make me go Google this rule, aren't you? I was taught to add an apostrophe s after a singular noun that ends in s, which would make "Maks's meltdown" correct. The second part of what I was taught was that the apostrophe alone should be added after a PLURAL possessive noun--"the Joneses' dog," for example. Another example: "the boss's wife" or "our two bosses' wives." Gotta go look it up now.
Velvet, I know with some French proper names it's ok but I was always taught if it adds a redundant "es" syllable... leave it out!
Here's what I found:
"If pronunciation would be awkward with the added -’s, some writers use only the apostrophe. Either use is acceptable." (Diana Hacker, A Writer’s Reference)
"Exceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names in -es and -is [such as Achilles' and Isis'], the possessive Jesus’, and such forms as for conscience’ sake, for righteousness’ sake." (Strunk and White, The Elements of Style)
"With some singular nouns that end in -s, pronouncing the possessive ending as a separate syllable can sound awkward; in such cases, it is acceptable to use just an apostrophe." (Kirszner & Mandell, The Brief Holt Handbook)
"Since writers vary in the use of the apostrophe, it is not possible to make a hard and fast rule about the apostrophe in singular words ending in s.… Punctuate according to pronunciation." (John E. Warriner, English Grammar and Composition)
Janet, I like your idea better!
Holly, I found that exact text but in the context that the examples you quoted are acceptable exceptions to the rule. Whatever. I won't let a little thing like an apostrophe come between us. :)
Try it my way--sleep until 11:00, but if you do get up, just listen to music.
Holly'Linda
Hahaha! Rottrover, now look what you've done!
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