Q. I was reading an article in NEWSWEEK and noticed that the author had
added an 's to a possessive word that ended in s. Is this now acceptable? If not,
is it correct to add an 's to a proper name ending in s?
A.There are two ways to form the possessive of a word ending in s. One is to add 's; the other is to add just an apostrophe. Both methods are correct, both in common nouns and proper nouns.
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