Jez's friends wouldn't have said they were Jez' friends. But I guess it's
the rendering (=spelling) at issue, not the pronunciation.
On 22 November 2016 at 08:10, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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