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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"s or s'

Frances Spiveys’ Birthday is Monday, December 20th,

donna Becks’ Birthday is Tuesday, December 21st,

Sally Barnes’ birthday is Monday, December 27th.
  

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It should be: Frances Spiveys' birthday Donna Becks's birthday Sally Barnes's birthday. '

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It should be:

Frances Spiveys' birthday
Donna Becks's birthday
Sally Barnes's birthday.

The Chicago Manual of Style says:

'The possessive of most singular nouns is formed by adding an apostrophe and an s....' 'The general rule covers most proper nouns, including names ending in s, x, or z....' But, '[t]he possessive is formed without
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I should point out that if the surnames are not Spiveys, Becks, and Barnes, but are, rather, Spivey, Beck, and Barne, then you should apostrophize them as follows:

Frances Spivey's birthday
Donna Beck's birthday
Sally Barne's birthday
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