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Grammar

Possesives and proper nouns

A student asked:

"When forming singular possessive nouns, we are told to add 's to make it Mr. Charles's car. However, we are also told to only add an ' to make Jesus' disciples. They are both proper nouns so why the different instructions to make the possessive form?"

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See this post about the Genetive ( 's ) Apostrophes

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See this post about the Genetive ( 's ) Apostrophes
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In general, it's simply a question of easy pronunciation.

Too many "Ss" in Jesus's disciples. It would be the same if it was Mr Charles's sausages.

Jesus' disciples

Mr Charles' sausages

is best.

Metal
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about possesives what games may i use in my classes??
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