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Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s"
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Jay Belanger |
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Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s" |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:32:06 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> On 02/23/2012 09:48 AM, Glenn Morris wrote:
>> Currently there are ~ 46 instances of the former in the manuals, and 63 of
>> the latter. I favour the former.
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> These days "Emacs's" is preferred by more stylebooks (OUP, MLA, BBC,
> Economist)
> than "Emacs'" (AP, Chicago).
According to the wikipedia article, the 16th Edition of Chicago now
recommends "Emacs's" (or rather, no longer recommends "Emacs'").
- RE: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", (continued)
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Jambunathan K, 2012/02/23
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Jambunathan K, 2012/02/23
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Paul Eggert, 2012/02/23
- Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s",
Jay Belanger <=
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Alan Mackenzie, 2012/02/23
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Stefan Monnier, 2012/02/23
Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s", Wolfgang Jenkner, 2012/02/24