Comments on: The Possessive Apostrophe http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jen http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/comment-page-2/#comment-391748 Jen Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:09:09 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/#comment-391748 As for California Dreamin'...I think that is the good old poetic license : ) or slang and all that! Most songs do not use correct English if one thinks about it! But, that gets me thinking, could it be be grammatically correct since it is a day belonging to summer/winter? As for California Dreamin’…I think that is the good old poetic license : ) or slang and all that! Most songs do not use correct English if one thinks about it!

But, that gets me thinking, could it be be grammatically correct since it is a day belonging to summer/winter?

]]> By: kelly http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/comment-page-2/#comment-391435 kelly Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:33:17 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/#comment-391435 when the word ending in 's' is a group of people, an apostrophe is added without an 's'. the gardens belonging to our neighbours - our neighbours' gardens when the word ending in ‘s’ is a group of people, an apostrophe is added without an ‘s’.
the gardens belonging to our neighbours – our neighbours’ gardens

]]> By: Fiona http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/comment-page-1/#comment-391081 Fiona Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:11:33 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/#comment-391081 Have I done this right? ...within close proximity to Jonnie’s sister’s, Jane’s, residence. Have I done this right?

…within close proximity to Jonnie’s sister’s, Jane’s, residence.

]]> By: venqax http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/comment-page-1/#comment-390815 venqax Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:07:35 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/#comment-390815 jennifer: the original 4 points given by DS are right. The only tweaks to those are that, yes, some "ancient" names that have been written in a certain form from time immemorial are exceptions: It is Jesus', never Jesus's, if you are talking about the most famous one, as opposed to any old Spaniard who happens to have the name. And, to be precise, the rule of adding 's after a word ending in s, e.g. Doris's, is really a matter of style, not a rule of grammar or orthography. Many publishers, for example, demand an apostrophe-only following an s- ending word, so woud prescribe Doris'. Many of us, however, prefer the consistency of leaving it -'s regardless. Even when you get triple-Ss like "congress's". I would never violate a general rule just because it "looks bad" in my opinion. Simply not a good enough reason, the language is idiosyncratic enough without allowing subjective aesthetics to further complicate things. jennifer: the original 4 points given by DS are right. The only tweaks to those are that, yes, some “ancient” names that have been written in a certain form from time immemorial are exceptions: It is Jesus’, never Jesus’s, if you are talking about the most famous one, as opposed to any old Spaniard who happens to have the name. And, to be precise, the rule of adding ‘s after a word ending in s, e.g. Doris’s, is really a matter of style, not a rule of grammar or orthography. Many publishers, for example, demand an apostrophe-only following an s- ending word, so woud prescribe Doris’. Many of us, however, prefer the consistency of leaving it -’s regardless. Even when you get triple-Ss like “congress’s”. I would never violate a general rule just because it “looks bad” in my opinion. Simply not a good enough reason, the language is idiosyncratic enough without allowing subjective aesthetics to further complicate things.

]]> By: jennifer http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/comment-page-1/#comment-390692 jennifer Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:52 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/#comment-390692 I need an affirmation as to what is right? I need an affirmation as to what is right?

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