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Artist’s is fine (“artist his”), artists’s would be artists’. Depends on how many people worked on the art piece :)
by nothrabannosir 9y ago
Artist’s is fine (“artist his”), artists’s would be artists’. Depends on how many people worked on the art piece :)
- pgalu 9y agoFor the record, the expansion "... his" is considered "folk etymology": a reanalysis from the Early Modern English period in the language's history. Notice for example how it doesn't make sense for feminine words: "Mary's house". In fact, the possessive "'s" is a leftover from Old English, where the inflectional suffix "es" marked the genitive case.
- nothrabannosir 9y agoYeah it's a mnemonic device, nonetheless quite useful to explain the rule.
- _Codemonkeyism 9y agoThanks!