[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Correct Grammar (was Open Email to Yahoo Feedback/Try Yahoo Investor Relatio

[Sherry Gomes]

Annemehr: 
> Now, who can tell me the convention(s) for using apostrophe-s or
> apostrophe alone in possessive forms of words ending in S?  Does it
> make a difference if it's a singular name like Sirius as opposed to a
> plural word like students?  Is it "Sirius's," but "students'?"

SSSusan:
I always thought it was pure preference, but I will gladly bow to any 
grammar expert who might know otherwise.

Siriusly Snapey Susan

Sherry

my understanding--hoping I'm remembering correctly--is that it is, 's for singular and s' for plural.  so,

Sirius's

students'

Of course, grammar does tend to change a little over time, so perhaps it has changed since my last english class.

sherry







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