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<p>I also ascribe to the "s-apostrophe" rather than the
"s-apostrophe-s" rule, which seems illogical, and is, because Americans
at least will ad an extra "s" as in <em>Barkses stories</em> when they
pronounce the possessive of Barks. Still, I have never liked the way
it looks! And so, even though the sound is there, I will not write an
extra gentive "s" for a word ending in -s.</p>
<p>Illogical, but that's English!</p>
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No it isn't. Not correct English, anyway. Tell me, do you also
"ascribe" (look it up) to the practice of using an apostrophe to form
plurals? That, too, is a popular but grossly incorrect way of dealing
with English nouns.<br>
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<pre wrap="">In English, some proper names, such as "Paris", are typically written in
singular, while other proper names, such as "Athens", are typically in
plural. Does this mean that the correct genitive cases for those place
names are "Paris's" and "Athens'" respectively? How do you know if a
proper name is singular or plural?
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"Athens" is plural? I never heard that one before. So, what does it
mean to speak of one Athen?<br>
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Quack, Don<br>
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