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Originally posted by meleaux:
Also a local pronunciation of ASK- as AXE. "she axed me to go with her" It makes me literally cringe.

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Originally posted by Ruxton:
Gojiro,

Thanks for the regional clarification on Eye-ther vs. EE-ther.

BTW, three references tell me you are wrong about "Joss's" and I was right with "Joss' "

But I have some doubts. Can you name your reference? Mine are two "collegiate" dictionaries and a style manual. The problem seems to be with three "s's" in line.


.........Ruxton

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Originally posted by obsessed:
...4) I don't mind the occasional spelling mistake on difficult words, but some of the things I see misspelled are just frightening. Genious, seperate, differant, becouse, etc.

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Originally posted by Grounded:
Could it, have something, to do with, misuse of, a particular, item of, punctuation?

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Originally posted by meleaux:
Also a local pronunciation of ASK- as AXE. "she axed me to go with her" It makes me literally cringe.

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Count me in as a cringer. My cable company (Comcast) keeps running these ads where the family pronounces picture as PITCHER.

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a. To form the possessive of a singular noun not ending in an s sound, add an apostrophe plus s.
my lawyer's advice
a child's game
Gloria's career
Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin's party
Alzheimer's disease
Down's syndrome

b. When a singular noun ends in a silent s, add an apostrophe plus s.
Illinois's highways
Arkansas's mountains
the corps's leadership
Des Moines's mayor

631 To form the possessive of a singular noun that ends in an s sound, be guided by the way you pronounce the word.

a. If a new syllable is formed in the pronunciation of the possessive, add an apostrophe plus s.
your boss's approval
the witness's reply
Congress's attention
Dallas's business district
Mr. and Mrs. Morris's plane tickets
Phoenix's suburbs
Ms. Lopez's application
Mr. Marsh's office
my coach's training regimen

b. If the addition of an extra syllable would make a word ending in an s hard to pronounce, add the apostrophe only.
Mrs. Phillips' request
Mr. Hastings' proposal
the Burroughs' condominium
Los Angeles' freeways
New Orleans' restaurants
Jesus' parables
Moses' flight from Egypt
for goodness' sake (see Section 646)
Achilles' heel
But: Achilles tendon

Note: Individual differences in pronunciation will affect the way some of these possessives are written. For example, if you pronounce the possessive form of Perkins as two syllables, you will write Mr. Perkins' kindness; if you pronounce the possessive of Perkins as three syllables, you will write Mr. Perkins's kindness. The important thing is to listen to your own pronunciation. When you hear yourself pronounce the possessive of boss as two syllables (boss's) and the possessive of witness as three syllables (witness's), you will not be tempted to write your boss' approval or the witness' reply. Naturally, tradition should take precedence over your ear. For example, an ambassador to Great Britain is appointed to the Court of St. James's (not, as you might expect, Court of St. James).

c. When forming the possessive of any noun ending in s (for example, Mr. Hodges), always place the apostrophe at the end of the original word, never within it.
Mr. Hodges' message (Not: Mr. Hodge's message)

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