grammar points (was question for Amanda)

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> Ps and Qs  -- according to Chicago Manual of Style 6.16 (which 
happens
> to be sitting at my fingertips at the moment ....)

Gowers on the other hand says (of the apostrophe) - "It is clearly 
justified with single letters".


> Remus's wand -- singular possessive.

I was taught just to use the trailing apostrophe when a word ends 
with an s. Gowers says either is acceptable, though plumps for 's 
when the word is a monosyllable, e.g. Jones's, presumably for 
euphony. The 's looks funny to me though ... more than one way to 
skin a cat I guess ("no, shrieked Hermione").


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