possibly leading to a poll
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:06 (fourteen years ago)
congressional approval
― OH NOES, Friday, 16 December 2011 15:09 (fourteen years ago)
also: approval of Congress
― OH NOES, Friday, 16 December 2011 15:10 (fourteen years ago)
shhh no rewriting allowed
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:13 (fourteen years ago)
congress', other looks ssiillyy
― Derek Pringles (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:14 (fourteen years ago)
congress's approval. I wouldn't write "Charles' socks" because my name isn't Charle and there's only one of me.
― dog latin, but cool (dog latin), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:16 (fourteen years ago)
And one sock
― Derek Pringles (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:18 (fourteen years ago)
almost always Congress'.i don't apply hard and fast rules but the additional 's' usually looks twee/comical.
― Angles that bitch (Julie Lagger), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:18 (fourteen years ago)
then again, I think it's down to how you'd pronounce it, i.e. "Julie Andrews' comeback".
― dog latin, but cool (dog latin), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:19 (fourteen years ago)
but you guys pronounce it as "congress's" right
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:22 (fourteen years ago)
feel free to bring up other problem 's's too
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:23 (fourteen years ago)
Congress's. There's no reason to drop the possessive "s" just because there are already two in a row.
(I will note, however, that my office style guide offers a few exceptions for this rule, usually involving single-named historical figures such as Jesus, Moses, and Ramses.)
― jaymc, Friday, 16 December 2011 15:26 (fourteen years ago)
i wd probly pronounce it "congress's" if i was using that construction but i always end up exaggerating the additional "s" cos it sounds wrong. also written English not exactly matching spoken English sir prize sir prize
― Angles that bitch (Julie Lagger), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:26 (fourteen years ago)
Tuomas (xp)
― Derek Pringles (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:27 (fourteen years ago)
Tuomas's baby v. Tuomas' baby
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:28 (fourteen years ago)
oh I see there's a Christopher Hitchens's poll
the baby formerly in the care of Tuomas
― Angles that bitch (Julie Lagger), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:29 (fourteen years ago)
googling around I thought this made sense: boys' ball (a ball owned by two or more boys) v. boy's ball (a ball owned by one boy)
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:29 (fourteen years ago)
maybe you would say boys's ball in the first case idk
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:30 (fourteen years ago)
boysenberry is that your favorite flavor
Jesus's Blood Never Failed Me YetLevi Stubbs's Tears
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:31 (fourteen years ago)
yeah boys' vs boy's but that's simple singular vs plural, the issue here is with singular words that end with "s"
― Angles that bitch (Julie Lagger), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:32 (fourteen years ago)
boy'sandberry is your favourite flavour
― Derek Pringles (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:32 (fourteen years ago)
hah, I had never known the concrete codified form of that rule
the cats' litter box (but would you pronounce it cats or cats's)
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:33 (fourteen years ago)
pronounce it cats unless i was trying to be "cute"
― Angles that bitch (Julie Lagger), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:33 (fourteen years ago)
In which case a steel toecap to the bollocks would be appropriate
― Derek Pringles (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:38 (fourteen years ago)
never mind the bollocks's steel toecaps
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:38 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/possessive-form-of-singular-nouns-ending-with-s/
trying to figure out how to use the phrase "the possessive Jesus’" in every conversation I have today
― OH NOES, Friday, 16 December 2011 15:41 (fourteen years ago)
i like how that blog gives "the general rule" and then 5 lines down quotes Since writers vary in the use of the apostrophe, it is not possible to make a hard and fast rule about the apostrophe in singular words ending in s.
― Angles that bitch (Julie Lagger), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:42 (fourteen years ago)
i meant to say, my version here isn't what i consider to be the law, it's just how i learned to do this/how it seems most pleasing to my eyes/ears
― Angles that bitch (Julie Lagger), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:44 (fourteen years ago)
I like OH NOES's link
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:44 (fourteen years ago)
Except in all examples it uses an opening single quote instead of an apostrophe.
― ledge, Friday, 16 December 2011 15:46 (fourteen years ago)
oh god:
http://webdesignledger.com/tips/common-typography-mistakes-apostrophes-versus-quotation-marks
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:47 (fourteen years ago)
urge to kill rising
― Angles that bitch (Julie Lagger), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:54 (fourteen years ago)
does my keyboard even HAVE an apostrophe key vs. a single quote key
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:54 (fourteen years ago)
are there people out there who can tell when the . should be italicized and when it's not
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:55 (fourteen years ago)
..
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE
I just zoomed in and THERE IS
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 15:56 (fourteen years ago)
's every time, everything else is preciousness
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 16 December 2011 16:08 (fourteen years ago)
I never do s's
looks really weird
― iatee, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:17 (fourteen years ago)
And Beuys's ball (a ball owned by Joseph Beuys)
― jaymc, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:43 (fourteen years ago)
Boise's ball (a ball owned by the city of Boise)
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Friday, 16 December 2011 16:44 (fourteen years ago)
While I am well aware of the approved standard I was taught as a lad, this is definitely a standard I think ought to be rescinded. Every way of handling a possessive "s" following a terminal "s" will be ugly, but at least "Charles's" has the twin virtues of being easier to notice and easier to remember, because it isn't a deviation from the general rule.
― Aimless, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:53 (fourteen years ago)