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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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McDonald's's? McDonald's'?

What is the correct way to make McDonald's (and I guess any company that end in 's) possessive? Example sentence: McDonald's's/McDonald's' standard industry code is 5812.
  

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Anonymous What is the correct way to make McDonald's (and I guess any company that end in 's) possessive? Do nothing to it. Too many apostrophes.

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AnonymousWhat is the correct way to make McDonald's (and I guess any company that end in 's) possessive?
Do nothing to it. Too many apostrophes.

McDonald's standard industry code is 5812.

If you are not comfortable with that solution, recast:

McDonald’s Restaurants' standard industry code is 5812.