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There's not exactly a consensus these days on what is correct. Either is valid, but I generally prefer _Brooks' Law_ to _Brooks's Law_ since it looks more clean
by yathern 8y ago
There's not exactly a consensus these days on what is correct. Either is valid, but I generally prefer _Brooks' Law_ to _Brooks's Law_ since it looks more clean. Of course, Brook's Law is incorrect, as there is no "Brook"
Here's an example of the lack of consensus:
Either is acceptable:
https://data.grammarbook.com/blog/apostrophes/apostrophes-with-names-ending-in-s-ch-or-z/ https://data.grammarbook.com/blog/apostrophes/apostrophes-wi...
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/apostrophe_introduction.html https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/apost...
Chicago vs AP style:
https://apvschicago.com/2011/06/apostrophe-s-vs-apostrophe-forming.html https://apvschicago.com/2011/06/apostrophe-s-vs-apostrophe-f...
APA style suggests appending the extra 's':
https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2013/06/forming-possessives-with-singular-names.html https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2013/06/forming-possessiv...
- xpil 8y agoSo, the usual clusterf*k of opinions instead of a clear spec. People should be speaking SQL. Thanks for the links. Plenty of educational value there!
- dllthomas 8y ago> So, the usual clusterf*k of opinions instead of a clear spec. People should be speaking SQL. Because that would be an improvement, or not much of a change?