Comments on: English Spelling – Apostrophe + S, after S

By: engVid

engVid — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:10:03 +0000

This is a very rare and particular case, but first we need to make “James” plural — to show that there is more than one James family or saint. So it would become Jameses (pronounced the same as “James’s”). Then if we are talking about possession with the multiple Jameses, it will become Jameses’s or Jameses’. In this case, the first option is quite difficult to pronounce, so we might use the second. In thirty years of speaking English, I have never run into this, though!

By: engVid

engVid — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:06:01 +0000

That’s right, you got it!

By: Norman

Norman — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:14:20 +0000

What happens when there are more than one James?

Say for arguments sake St James’s park was dedicated to two St James’s – how do you get that accross?
How will the reader know that the park is possed by two?

Another example (more likely to occur) would be when you say ‘The James’s household’ – how does that work when you want the reader to know that the household is the home of more than one person with the surname James?

By: adam arif

adam arif — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:28:23 +0000

thanks james!

By: Obey

Obey — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:40:51 +0000

Both of them are correct, as james explained in the lesson.
The first case is usual case.
In the second case we take of the ‘s’ because the pronunciation is difficult. If you use this form, you must use it through out of the whole document, otherwise, it becomes confusing!

By: JOSE10

JOSE10 — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:23:53 +0000

HEY, YOU ARE VERY GOOD ON ALL TOPIC THAT TEACH.
NOW I ASK THE QUESTION: HOW I CAN HANDLE PRONUNCIATION, THIS IS MY MAYOR PROBLEM; IF YOU CAN PLEASE HELP ME.
THANK YOU
JOSE10

By: ittp

ittp — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:03:58 +0000

the second is correct

By: Fj~

Fj~ — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:03:07 +0000

amm confusin’ I guess the first statement is the right one:D

By: Reinoni

Reinoni — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:57:09 +0000

Hi James
Nice class!
Weel, i got stuck sometimes to use (‘s and s’). Could you check for me, if this sentences are rights ?
“The dog of Chris ate the food.”

Which one is correct ?
1 – Chris’s dog ate the food.
2 – Chris’ dog ate the food

If you can send me an answers, i’ll be glad.
Rey