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Quite urgent again! Surnames ending in s - apostrophes
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Hi,
I was wondering the following...
If a surname ends in 's' (in a similar way to the name 'James') and you want to say the idea that belonged to, for example, James. Would you say James' or James's. On the internet some people say, Jameses, which surely has to be incorrect.
I was wondering the following...
If a surname ends in 's' (in a similar way to the name 'James') and you want to say the idea that belonged to, for example, James. Would you say James' or James's. On the internet some people say, Jameses, which surely has to be incorrect.
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Jameses is definitely wrong, unless you mean the James family: keeping up with the Jameses or Joneses.
Strictly, the rule in writing is to put 's after a surname ending in s, so it's Saint James's. In speech, it is sometimes easier to say the possessive without the extra s sound, but that is a matter of casual or informal use, not a rule.
Strictly, the rule in writing is to put 's after a surname ending in s, so it's Saint James's. In speech, it is sometimes easier to say the possessive without the extra s sound, but that is a matter of casual or informal use, not a rule.
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