When Not to Use Apostrophe S for the Posessive
rogersgeorge on January 16th, 2024
I mentioned this before, but the lesson is worth repeating. (Use the search box on the right to see more of these.) First speech in the last panel:
He said “boss’s.” That’s three of the same letter in a row, forbidden in English except for onomonopoetic words such as “booom” and “screeeech!”
In fact, if the word you want to make posessive already ends in “s,” use only the apostrophe. So if you want to posessiveize a word such as “books,” The posessive would be “books’.”
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