On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 19:35:47 +0200, Daniel Carrera wrote: > How does that sound? Even if you don't like it either, would you call it > a step forward or a step back? > > >> > When a word ends in "s" (Jesus, Darcs) the possessive is formed by >> > appending an apostrophe only and keeping the pronunciation >> > intact. I didn't invent this rule. I just followed it. >> >> Indeed, you did invent that rule, because it's wrong. > > I did not invent the rule and it is not fair that you say that I did. My > English teacher might have been wrong (this is something I need to > check) but if he was, that is not the same thing as me fabricating rules > out of thin air.
Folks, I think this is one of those places where English punctuation rules aren't widely agreed on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Singular_nouns_ending_with_an_.22s.22_or_.22z.22_sound -- Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow> PGP Key ID: 08AC04F9
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