RE: FN-FORUM: any punctuation experts out there?

date posted 10th September 2007 15:50

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> You only add the ' at the end when the word ends with an s and needs
> ownership, e.g. James' book or Mr. Roberts' shirt.

I think you've chosen a bad example there. The possessive form of
James is James's. See, for example, St. James's Palace.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page562.asp

Dave...

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