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Grammar
Possesives and proper nouns
A student asked:
"When forming singular possessive nouns, we are told to add 's to make it Mr. Charles's car. However, we are also told to only add an ' to make Jesus' disciples. They are both proper nouns so why the different instructions to make the possessive form?"
Please help me answer this?
"When forming singular possessive nouns, we are told to add 's to make it Mr. Charles's car. However, we are also told to only add an ' to make Jesus' disciples. They are both proper nouns so why the different instructions to make the possessive form?"
Please help me answer this?
Top answer
See this post about the Genetive ( 's ) Apostrophes
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In general, it's simply a question of easy pronunciation.
Too many "Ss" in Jesus's disciples. It would be the same if it was Mr Charles's sausages.
Jesus' disciples
Mr Charles' sausages
is best.
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Too many "Ss" in Jesus's disciples. It would be the same if it was Mr Charles's sausages.
Jesus' disciples
Mr Charles' sausages
is best.
Metal
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