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When a word ends with an s, the use of an apostrophe without another s is valid English. Thomas’ and Thomas’s are the same thing.

iraqmtpizza 2y ago
lol no. arguably the word ain't is more proper English than Chris' or boss'
- AlecSchueler 2y ago
  Lol yes though?
- TheRealPomax 2y ago
  It is trivial to find more than sufficiently authoritative source that cover the rules that make "Chris'" and "boss'" perfectly value contracted possessives in English. [1] However, it's English: there isn't just one rule, another rule can also be valid and might be the one you're familiar with on a day to day basis. That doesn't mean any other way to say or write the same thing is wrong, it's just a pattern you never saw. Like someone going "lol snuck isn't a real word, it's sneaked!" and then you hand them a dictionary and they learn something new about their own language. [1] https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%2520of%2520Oxford%2520Style%2520Guide.pdf https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/Univer...
  - AlecSchueler 2y ago
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- swores 2y ago
  Being confident doesn't change the fact that you're misinformed about English grammar.
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- vundercind 2y ago
  You pronounce both of your examples with two S phonemes at the end. Putting that in the written form is absolutely Ok.
  - thaumasiotes 2y ago
    > You pronounce both of your examples with two S phonemes at the end. Um... what? Pronouncing a possessive suffix with /səs/ isn't valid anywhere. The only possibility is /səz/. Same goes for the plural suffix.
Caligatio 2y ago
I actually had to look this up, it depends if the possessive form is actually said with one or two Ss. For instance, it's Jones's and Bridges'. https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/easy-learning/what-are-the-rules-for-forming-the-possessive-apostrophe-s-in-english https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/easy-learning/what-are... https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/possessives https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/...
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iraqmtpizza 2y ago

lol no. arguably the word ain't is more proper English than Chris' or boss'

AlecSchueler 2y ago
Lol yes though?
TheRealPomax 2y ago
It is trivial to find more than sufficiently authoritative source that cover the rules that make "Chris'" and "boss'" perfectly value contracted possessives in English. [1] However, it's English: there isn't just one rule, another rule can also be valid and might be the one you're familiar with on a day to day basis. That doesn't mean any other way to say or write the same thing is wrong, it's just a pattern you never saw. Like someone going "lol snuck isn't a real word, it's sneaked!" and then you hand them a dictionary and they learn something new about their own language. [1] https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%2520of%2520Oxford%2520Style%2520Guide.pdf https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/Univer...
- AlecSchueler 2y ago
  Page not found while accessing your link.
- iraqmtpizza 2y ago
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swores 2y ago
Being confident doesn't change the fact that you're misinformed about English grammar.
- iraqmtpizza 2y ago
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vundercind 2y ago
You pronounce both of your examples with two S phonemes at the end. Putting that in the written form is absolutely Ok.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago
  > You pronounce both of your examples with two S phonemes at the end. Um... what? Pronouncing a possessive suffix with /səs/ isn't valid anywhere. The only possibility is /səz/. Same goes for the plural suffix.

Caligatio 2y ago

I actually had to look this up, it depends if the possessive form is actually said with one or two Ss. For instance, it's Jones's and Bridges'. https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/easy-learning/what-are-the-rules-for-forming-the-possessive-apostrophe-s-in-english https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/easy-learning/what-are... https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/possessives https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/...

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