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St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church

I am proofreading something for my church and the phrase "...to spread the good news throughout St. Dunstan’s neighborhoods..." is in one of the printed materials. This doesn't look right to me, because the name of the church is already a possessive. Is that the correct punctuation for a double possessive, or should we write it another way completely? (Example "...spread the good news throughout the neighborhoods surrounding St. Dunstan's..."

Thanks in advance!
Aleta
  

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You can leave "St. Dunstan's" as it is. There is, however, a different error: I assume this sentence doesn't reference a particular event that is "good news", and that you mean "good news" in the Biblical sense.

— Krmjr

  • You can leave "St.
  • Dunstan's" as it is.
  • There is, however, a different error: I assume this sentence doesn't reference a particular event that is "good news", and that you mean "good news" in the Biblical sense.
  • If so, then "Good News" must be capitalized.
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You can leave "St. Dunstan's" as it is.

There is, however, a different error: I assume this sentence doesn't reference a particular event that is "good news", and that you mean "good news" in the Biblical sense. If so, then "Good News" must be capitalized.
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