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Unimous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Does "Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities' " miss a 's' ?

Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities'.
In the above scentens, should I add a 's' at the end of Dickens', like this:
Dickens's 'A Tale of Two Cities' ?
  

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We sometimes just add an apostrophe to a singular noun ending in -s , especially in literary and classical references. com ).

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We sometimes just add an apostrophe to a singular noun ending in -s, especially in literary and classical references.

For example: Socrates' ideas, Dickens' works (applied by Wikipedia)

But 's is more common (visit Charles Dickens Museum website:
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"Should" you?

I think that it depends on what your teacher expects.

Here in the United States, I would guess that most people would write something like "I love Dickens' novels."

Just as most Americans would probably write: I went to James' house yesterday.

There is a movement away from "unnecessary" apostrophes. Of course, I always write Dickens's and
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