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It's partially due to the incorrect syntax, should be "Consumer Reports's"

by Apes 12y ago

dragonwriter 12y ago
It's not incorrect syntax; indeed, while the preferred method of showing possessives where the possessing noun ends in an "s" is is a stylistic issue that is subject to much debate, most of the rules that I can find suggested now would find "Consumer Reports'" to be the correct form, not "Consumer Reports's". [1] Eg, this source ( http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp ) reports several rules that are in use for singular and proper nouns (see Rule 1c): 1. Add just an apostrophe after the "s" for any word endign in "s" 2. Add an apostrophe and an "s" to a common noun ending in "s", but just an apostropher to a proper noun ending in "s". 3. Write the word as we speak it. Further, in Rule 2a: regular nouns that form plurals with "-s" or "-es" just get an apostrophe (no extra "s"). Consumer Reports is a proper noun formed from the plural form of a common noun that is pluralized by adding an "s", so all those (except perhaps "write as you speak", and then only if you'd say "Consumer Reportses" for the possessive form) support adding a bare apostrophe rather than apostrophe plus s.
- nardi 12y ago
  For a better treatment, I turned to The Chicago Manual of Style (sixteenth edition), used by the vast majority of publishers of American English books. It says in Section 7.19 to omit the s "...when the name of a place or an organization or a publication (or the last element in the name) is a plural form ending in s, such as the United States, even though the entity is singular." And cites these as examples: the United States' role in international law Highland Hills' late mayor Callaway Gardens' former curator the National Academy of Sciences' new policy
hollerith 12y ago
I doubt that there's a single professional editor or author of a guide to English usage or style who would agree that it should be "Consumer Reports's".
boyaka 12y ago
Here's a discussion about the topic: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=29285 http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=29285 Edit: Actually, it's not just an issue about the proper noun ending in "s", but the proper noun ("Consumer Reports") is actually using a plural noun, reports. For the case of making a plural possessive, most would agree that you just add an apostrophe without an additional "s" (s' rather than s's).

It's partially due to the incorrect syntax, should be "Consumer Reports's"

by Apes 12y ago

It's partially due to the incorrect syntax, should be "Consumer Reports's"

It's not incorrect syntax; indeed, while the preferred method of showing possessives where the possessing noun ends in an "s" is is a stylistic issue that is subject to much debate, most of the rules that I can find suggested now would find "Consumer Reports'" to be the correct form, not "Consumer Reports's". [1] Eg, this source ( http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp ) reports several rules that are in use for singular and proper nouns (see Rule 1c): 1. Add just an apostrophe after the "s" for any word endign in "s" 2. Add an apostrophe and an "s" to a common noun ending in "s", but just an apostropher to a proper noun ending in "s". 3. Write the word as we speak it. Further, in Rule 2a: regular nouns that form plurals with "-s" or "-es" just get an apostrophe (no extra "s"). Consumer Reports is a proper noun formed from the plural form of a common noun that is pluralized by adding an "s", so all those (except perhaps "write as you speak", and then only if you'd say "Consumer Reportses" for the possessive form) support adding a bare apostrophe rather than apostrophe plus s.

nardi 12y ago
For a better treatment, I turned to The Chicago Manual of Style (sixteenth edition), used by the vast majority of publishers of American English books. It says in Section 7.19 to omit the s "...when the name of a place or an organization or a publication (or the last element in the name) is a plural form ending in s, such as the United States, even though the entity is singular." And cites these as examples: the United States' role in international law Highland Hills' late mayor Callaway Gardens' former curator the National Academy of Sciences' new policy

hollerith 12y ago

I doubt that there's a single professional editor or author of a guide to English usage or style who would agree that it should be "Consumer Reports's".

boyaka 12y ago

Here's a discussion about the topic: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=29285 http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=29285 Edit: Actually, it's not just an issue about the proper noun ending in "s", but the proper noun ("Consumer Reports") is actually using a plural noun, reports. For the case of making a plural possessive, most would agree that you just add an apostrophe without an additional "s" (s' rather than s's).