Recherche parmi différents professeurs en Anglais…
Olenka
do we add "''s" in the possesive case to the name that ends in "z"?
One of _____famous quotes is “;Si, se puede!” Yes, you can!
Chávezs’
Chávez’
(this is a task from my test and it says the correct answer is "Chavez'". I can't understand why)
2 févr. 2020 17:35
Réponses · 3
Actually, it is debatable. In singular possession, which is your case, some writers just put an apostrophe and others " 's ". In plural possession, it is certainly just an apostrophe.
2 février 2020
Yes, the possesive for "Chavez" is "Chavez's".
Here is a link to a page that I think will help.: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zx9ydxs
2 février 2020
Not really an expert, but I found this page
https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/apostrophe.html
which has an exception for nouns that seem plural, such as
the United States’ lingering debt problem
.
Does not at first sight seem to be your case, but there is nothing else I see to explain it.
Is "Chávez" plural?
2 février 2020
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Olenka
Compétences linguistiques
Biélorusse, Anglais, Allemand, Russe, Ukrainien
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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