Zio Paperone #138

[Francesco Spreafico]

From: "Apostolis Trikourakis" <komixgreekpage at yahoo.com>

> > That's all for this month, just a question: "Barks'"
> > or "Barks's"?? :-)
>
> It's "Barks'" :-)
> Best Wishes

Thanks :-)
In the meanwhile I found the following rule:

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When a singular noun ends in /s/.  There are a number of nouns, often
names, which
end in /s/, e.g. Burns, Jones, Dickens.  The writer has a choice when
making the
genitive.  Either form within the following pairs is correct-

Dickens' novels        or           Dickens's novels
Burns' poetry          or           Burns's poetry
Barnabas' nose         or           Barnabas's nose
Dicken's novels or Burn's poetry or Barnaba's nose is not.
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But I admit I like "Barks'" better.

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Francesco
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