On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Darren Addy wrote: > >>You also cleverly avoided the >>incorrect use of apostrophe on a name ending in "s" (which should >>read: Adams' and not Adams's). > > "Adams’s" is the correct usage according to both the APA and MLA > stylebooks.
For a possessive? Must I weep also for our teachers and stylebook writers? According to: http://www.ncsu.edu/ncsu/grammar/Apostro3.html "Your question on the possessive, on the other hand, is open to editorial judgment. You need some background. There are a lot of editorial style manuals around, and they sometimes give conflicting advice. The conflicts are not really whimsical; different style manuals are written to generate prose that is intended for different kinds of audiences. Let's divide them into two camps. One kind of stylebook is intended for popular publications on short deadlines. A typical example is the Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. The AP Stylebook tells you to form the singular possessive of a name ending in "s" by simply adding an apostrophe. Another kind of stylebook is intended for longer, more scholarly publications with more forgiving deadlines. A typical example is The Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago tells you to form the singular possessive of a name ending in "s" by adding an apostrophe and an "s." Chicago grants exceptions only to Jesus, Moses, and Greeks whose names end in "eez." - - - end of quote. SHEESH. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
