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We have any guidelines regarding apostrophe usage? --[[User:Krypton|Krypton]] 04:20, 7 March 2008 (GMT) | We have any guidelines regarding apostrophe usage? --[[User:Krypton|Krypton]] 04:20, 7 March 2008 (GMT) | ||
:Yes. Proteus's is correct. See: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html [[User:Asara|Asara]] 19:33, 7 March 2008 (GMT) | :Yes. Proteus's is correct. See: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html [[User:Asara|Asara]] 19:33, 7 March 2008 (GMT) | ||
::That makes it sound more straight-forward than it actually is. There are certain cases where the last "s" after the apostrophe should be omitted when the singular word ends with "s". In the case of "Jesus", it is even explicitly incorrect to go with "Jesus's" rather than "Jesus'". I only remember that one rule out of many for its memorability, though.. --[[User:Krypton|Krypton]] 20:41, 7 March 2008 (GMT) | |||
:::No. We're going by those rules until I hear otherwise. [[User:Asara|Asara]] 01:43, 8 March 2008 (GMT) | |||
Latest revision as of 01:43, 8 March 2008
We have any guidelines regarding apostrophe usage? --Krypton 04:20, 7 March 2008 (GMT)
- Yes. Proteus's is correct. See: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html Asara 19:33, 7 March 2008 (GMT)
- That makes it sound more straight-forward than it actually is. There are certain cases where the last "s" after the apostrophe should be omitted when the singular word ends with "s". In the case of "Jesus", it is even explicitly incorrect to go with "Jesus's" rather than "Jesus'". I only remember that one rule out of many for its memorability, though.. --Krypton 20:41, 7 March 2008 (GMT)
- No. We're going by those rules until I hear otherwise. Asara 01:43, 8 March 2008 (GMT)
- That makes it sound more straight-forward than it actually is. There are certain cases where the last "s" after the apostrophe should be omitted when the singular word ends with "s". In the case of "Jesus", it is even explicitly incorrect to go with "Jesus's" rather than "Jesus'". I only remember that one rule out of many for its memorability, though.. --Krypton 20:41, 7 March 2008 (GMT)