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Apostrophes and possessives #2929

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In 2008, the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual started suggesting just an apostrophe after singular nouns ending in s.

Apostrophes and possessives

8.3. The possessive case of a singular or plural noun not ending in s is formed by adding an apostrophe and s. The possessive case of a singular or plural noun ending in s or with an s sound is formed by adding an apostrophe only.

Also, files could be the plural of file.

Fixes #2928.

@DimitriPapadopoulos DimitriPapadopoulos added the dictionary Changes to the dictionary label Jul 8, 2023
@DimitriPapadopoulos DimitriPapadopoulos force-pushed the possessive branch 2 times, most recently from c20e7ab to 8eb755f Compare July 9, 2023 06:59
Starting in 2008, the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual
suggests just an apostrophe after singular nouns ending in s.

Also `files` could be the plural of `file`.
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