tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post106425269405947311..comments2024-02-20T03:18:43.590-05:00Comments on Magnificent Octopus: Isabella Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-60067635562233930332011-10-28T19:20:20.597-04:002011-10-28T19:20:20.597-04:00I grew up having learned that for words/names endi...I grew up having learned that for words/names ending in ess, the possessive is apostrophe ess if you pronounce it. So, Mr Jones's hat, but my favourites books' titles (because you don't say books's). But it seems the simple apostrophe is sufficient by several style guides' standards, notably those used by newspapers, where space is a concern. I'm over it.Isabella Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-36881250410713148762011-10-26T20:21:05.025-04:002011-10-26T20:21:05.025-04:00I may be showing my illitacy here, but i thought t...I may be showing my illitacy here, but i thought that if the form of the word was plural then you would stick an apostrophe on it without an ess to show it in its posessive from. if this is true, this mistake makes it look like universal studios are trying to claim there are many people called Dr Sues, who just happened to have collaborated to write this book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com