Yes, Beek. You will also have an a and an an crammed up your nose, one in each nostril, to be lit on fire.
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Actually, there's nothing wrong with the way he wrote it as long as he's consistant in usage.
Both Jesus' and Jesus's are correct, at least according to Webster's. In Australia, I was always taught to not add the 's' on any possessive that already ended in a non-silent s.
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Both Jesus' and Jesus's are correct, at least according to Webster's. In Australia, I was always taught to not add the 's' on any possessive that already ended in a non-silent s.
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Screw Webster's. (And I mean that sincerely.)
From the AH:
From the AH:
By convention, however, certain proper nouns ending in s form the possessive by adding just the apostrophe since adding -’s would make the pronunciation difficult or awkward: Jesus’ teachings, Moses’ children, Achilles’ heel, Hercules’ strength, Ramses’ reign, Xerxes’ conquest.
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