Maciej Hanski wrote: > Craig Bradney wrote: > >> On Sunday 21 May 2006 00:06, Gregory Pittman wrote: >> >>> Maciej Hanski wrote: >>> >>>>> Scribus's Friends >>>>> >>>> Scribus's? Are you absolutely sure about it? >>>> >>> According to Strunk & White, the bible of style at least on this side of >>> the Atlantic, Scribus's would be correct. >>> >> Sounds like a booboo to me.. if theres an s on the end you don't add it IIRC. >> >> > > Sounds like Greg were right for this side of the Atlantic, too: > > <quoting> > We add an apostrophe and "s" after all singular nouns and after plural > nouns that do not end in "s"... > </quoting> > > http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/apostrophes01.html > > http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/genitiv.htm > The very first "rule" in Strunk & White's "The Elements of Style" shows two correct examples: "Charles's friend", "Burns's poems".
Greg
