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Originally Posted by Tib
You have to contribute to the lasting appeal of Dave's story. In Jax's case, he helped me save Dave ITP career file when it disappeared for a while when I changed computers.
But no matter what you do, I'm not calling you Mr.Clutch. Also, it has to be something big. Very big. As much as I'd like, I can't write everyone in. The story would lose its credibility.
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You should know that most words that end in an unpronounced "s" form their possessive by adding an apostrophe +
s. So we would write about "Illinois's next governor" and "Arkansas's former governor" and "the Marine Corps's policy." However, many non-English words that end with a silent "s" or
"x" will form their possessives with only an apostrophe. So we would write "Alexander Dumas' first novel" and "this
bordeaux' bouquet." According to the New York Public Library's
Guide to Style and Usage, there are "certain expressions that end in
s or the
s sound that traditionally require an apostrophe only: for appearance' sake, for conscience' sake, for goodness' sake"
Did I make an impression?