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Chavez's pen or Chavez' pen?? Hello, What is the correct way to describe ownerships in this case? Chavez's pen or Chavez' pen? I know that when we have the following situation the "s" letter after the apostrophe disappear: "Chris' car" or "sisters room", but ? when "z" is at the end of the word follows the same rule?? Thanks in advance.
7 ก.พ. 2010 เวลา 22:40
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The first one. Chavez's pen. It's a singe person so the apostraphe has to come after the last letter and before the 's'.
8 กุมภาพันธ์ 2010
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Chavez's pen. The special rule exits for words ending in 's' because of the possibility of a plural possesive. There is no possibility of a plural ending in 'z'. One more point - Chris's car is also correct according to some, since Chris is singular. The important thing here is that if you used the "s's" form with a singular ending in 's', you should do so in the rest of the document. The entire text should be consistent.
8 กุมภาพันธ์ 2010
It may be worth pointing out here that "Bridget Jones's Diary" was a grammatical joke, which was only corrected at the end. (Talking about the film.) The s' only applies to that letter, not similar-sounding ones. In speech, if you say " Bridget Jones' ", you are still pronouncing it as "Brid-jet Joen-zez", adding the extra syllable for the plural.
8 กุมภาพันธ์ 2010
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