Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 days agoPainlemmy.worldimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1434
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minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agos’s, don’t care much about grammatical rules, just rarely see this one broken
minus-squareqarl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 days agoIt seems that both s’s and s’ could be valid here, according to Merriam Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/what-happens-to-names-when-we-make-them-plural-or-possessive It’s an ex belonging to one Cyrus.
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoNo, if you read what you linked it very clearly states words with two syllables ending in s = ', one syllable ending in s = 's. So it’s wrong.
minus-squareGinny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoCyrus’: Belonging to many people called Cyru Cyrus’s: Belonging to one person called Cyrus. Cyruses’: Belonging to many people called Cyrus.
s’s, don’t care much about grammatical rules, just rarely see this one broken
It seems that both
s’sands’could be valid here, according to Merriam Websterhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/what-happens-to-names-when-we-make-them-plural-or-possessive
It’s an ex belonging to one Cyrus.
No, if you read what you linked it very clearly states words with two syllables ending in s = ', one syllable ending in s = 's.
So it’s wrong.
Cyrus’: Belonging to many people called Cyru Cyrus’s: Belonging to one person called Cyrus. Cyruses’: Belonging to many people called Cyrus.