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Old 05-09-2014, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by barbara View Post
Pete,
If a word/name end in the letter s then the apostrophe comes after the s when indicating possession. (As opposed to before the s if the word/name does not end in s)

Example; Russ is my brother. Russ' bedroom is always a mess. Marty is my other brother. And Marty's room is much cleaner.

I'm wondering if your auto correct function is considering the s to be the last letter in the name.
"And Marty's room is much cleaner."

So this should NOT be:

"And Martys' room is much cleaner."?

Huh. Brain... fading... memory... gone... assumptions... wrong...

Pete
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