It should be mentioned that compound possessives are often clunky as well as confusing. Avoid possessive pronouns ( mine, yours, hers, ours, theirs) in such constructions. Note: As the above examples demonstrate, when one of the co-owners is written as a pronoun, use possessive adjectives ( my, your, her, our, their). However, if one of the joint owners is written as a pronoun, use the possessive form for both. If two people possess the same item, put the apostrophe + s after the second name only.Įxample: Cesar and Maribel’s home is constructed of redwood. This method explains the punctuation of for goodness’ sake. But most people would pronounce an added s in "Jones’s," so we’d write it as we say it: Mr. Hastings’ pen" would not pronounce an added s, we would write Mr. For example, since most people saying "Mr. Hasting).Ī widely used technique favored for its simplicity is to write the word as we would speak it. Hastings, many people would wrongly write Mr. For instance, if talking about a pen belonging to Mr. However, this idea is routinely ignored by good writers ( the rocket’s red glare).Ĭare must be taken to place the apostrophe outside the word in question. Note: We sometimes hear that an inanimate object cannot possess, e.g., the canvas’s size should be written the size of the canvas. One method, common in newspapers and magazines, is to add an apostrophe + s (’ s) to common nouns ending in s, but only a stand-alone apostrophe to proper nouns ending in s. And some add an apostrophe + s to every proper noun, be it Hastings’s or Jones’s. Some writers and editors add only an apostrophe to all nouns ending in s.
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