But Dumas is pronounced Duma anyway!
On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 at 18:29, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/12/2020 7:35 AM, Philippe wrote:
> > I was joking and teasing Piers a bit :-)
> >
> > Anyhow, established spelling traditions seem to be loosening. My
> reference in the matter is the following, and has been for decades for many:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27s_Park <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James's_Park>
> >
> > Also see,
> >
> > In MLA style, proper nouns ending in s that are singular follow the
> general rule and add ’s :
> >
> > Athens’s history
> > Diogenes’s philosophy
> > Alexandre Dumas’s novels
> > Some styles may allow you to add only an apostrophe: Athens’ history,
> Diogenes’ philosophy, Dumas’ novels.
> >
> > Source: https://style.mla.org/apostrophes-three-ways/ <
> https://style.mla.org/apostrophes-three-ways/>
>
> My source is much simpler; how would I say it out loud, in conversation?
> That means I will possibly be inconsistent. I
> can't imagine saying "I bought Piers's E-400" Of the above examples,
> though, I can imagine saying "I've read only a
> couple of Dumas's novels.", but would not add apostrophal esses to the
> others.
>
> Pragmatic Moose
>
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