Given my given name, I have a special interest in this matter. I can be
quite certain that 53 years ago I was taught that Piers' name should be
rendered thusly. I have more recently been convinced that " Piers's " is
acceptable.
For the gerund, I refer you to yesterday's post by P. Dant. It's a
participle, methinks, not a gerund.
Piers
On 22 Nov 2016 8:09 a.m., "ChrisB" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I use that rule for Jesus as well, Jez. I don’t recognise the concern
> that ChrisT mentioned for a terminal ‘z’; I should think that it’s a matter
> of taste.
>
> Now to look for this gerund . . .
>
> Chris
>
> > On 21 Nov 16, at 15:41, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure we've beaten it to death - or maybe the leftover discussions
> > are really a Brit/US thing.
> > I understand that words ending in "s" become s's as in Chris -> Chris's.
> > The exception being Jesus -> Jesus'.
>
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