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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

How to make an already possessive proper noun possessive

Example: This is Kauff's representative. The car is in Kauff's possession. Should it be Kauff's'? Kauff's is the name of the business
  

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Hi, Example: This is Kauff's representative. The car is in Kauff's possession. Should it be Kauff's'?

— Clive

  • Hi, Example: This is Kauff's representative.
  • The car is in Kauff's possession.
  • Should it be Kauff's'?
  • Kauff's is the name of the business If I wanted to be careful, I'd simply avoid the issue by saying eg This is the Kauff's representative.
  • eg Kauff's owns/has the car.
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Hi,

Example: This is Kauff's representative. The car is in Kauff's possession. Should it be Kauff's'? Kauff's is the name of the business


If I wanted to be careful, I'd simply avoid the issue by saying

eg This is the Kauff's representative.

eg Kauff's owns/has the car.
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