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Luis_Domingos
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It's perfectly correct to use just an apostrophe as a possessive in a name ending in -s; "We are Daenerys' brothers" should have been accepted without the typo remark.
August 4, 2017
StephieRice
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Technically true, but also quite poor form.
The main reason being pronunciation. In all cases of names that end in "s", you must pronounce the possesive with an extra sound /z/. However in any other word that ends in s, like a plural, you don't pronounce an extra sound.
Examples:
John's. Pronounced as written.
Schools'. Pronounced as written.
James's. Pronounced as written.
James'. Pronounced as James's.
It is still grammatically correct, but as a native English speaker it seems so wrong.
June 21, 2018
AnoNymous639063
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Okay sure, but don't act like English is consistent with its spelling, 'cause it's not.
March 7, 2019
