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minus-squareqarl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoIt seems that both s’s and s’ could be valid here, according to Merriam Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/what-happens-to-names-when-we-make-them-plural-or-possessive It’s an ex belonging to one Cyrus.
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoNo, if you read what you linked it very clearly states words with two syllables usually ends in s = ', one syllable ending in s = 's. So it’s wrong. Unless you don’t consider Cyrus to be a classical name.
It seems that both
s’sands’could be valid here, according to Merriam Websterhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/what-happens-to-names-when-we-make-them-plural-or-possessive
It’s an ex belonging to one Cyrus.
No, if you read what you linked it very clearly states words with two syllables usually ends in s = ', one syllable ending in s = 's.
So it’s wrong. Unless you don’t consider Cyrus to be a classical name.