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Grammar
Genitive case - pronunciation
Hello,
I have been searching for information about the genitive case and names ending in 's'...
It seems to me that there are a lot of contradictory rules..
I think when a name of an ordinary person ends in s, we should add an apostrophe and another 's':
James's house (do we pronounce that 'dzeimsiz' ?)
I have seen this form too, though :
James' (do we still pronounce that 'dzeimsiz' or 'dzeims' ?)
When it comes to names of historical figures, we add just an apostrophe :
Mosses' (mosyzis or mosyz ?)
Jesus' (dzizys or dzisyzyz ?)
Thank you for your help!
Kind regards.
I have been searching for information about the genitive case and names ending in 's'...
It seems to me that there are a lot of contradictory rules..
I think when a name of an ordinary person ends in s, we should add an apostrophe and another 's':
James's house (do we pronounce that 'dzeimsiz' ?)
I have seen this form too, though :
James' (do we still pronounce that 'dzeimsiz' or 'dzeims' ?)
When it comes to names of historical figures, we add just an apostrophe :
Mosses' (mosyzis or mosyz ?)
Jesus' (dzizys or dzisyzyz ?)
Thank you for your help!
Kind regards.
Top answer
-- Yes; it is a matter of opinion. I think when a name of an ordinary person ends in s, we should add an apostrophe and another 's' -- Yes. - - Yes.
- -- Yes; it is a matter of opinion.
- I think when a name of an ordinary person ends in s, we should add an apostrophe and another 's' -- Yes.
- - - Yes.
- -- I encourage 'dzeimziz'.
- ) When it comes to names of historical figures, we add just an apostrophe-- According to some; others prefer "-'s" here also.
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It seems to me that there are a lot of contradictory rules.-- Yes; it is a matter of opinion.
I think when a name of an ordinary person ends in s, we should add an apostrophe and another 's' -- Yes.
James's house (do we pronounce that 'dzeimziz' ?-- Yes.)
I have seen this form too, though :
James' (do we still pronounce that 'dzeimsiz' or 'dzeims' ?
I think when a name of an ordinary person ends in s, we should add an apostrophe and another 's' -- Yes.
James's house (do we pronounce that 'dzeimziz' ?-- Yes.)
I have seen this form too, though :
James' (do we still pronounce that 'dzeimsiz' or 'dzeims' ?
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