Lackey
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Flame on! said:And for that, may the Lord make us truly grateful.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Flame on! said:And for that, may the Lord make us truly grateful.
That's not what I was taught. I was taught that even if the word naturally ended in S that if it was a singular word you still added the SImmortalfire said:The testicles in quesion are in a state of belonging. One does not add an extra S to a word that ends in S, when referring to the belonger (is that a word?). His last name is Hanks. The title of this is written Hank.
Thus, one should write "these are Tom Hanks' testicles", or in this case "Don't hurt Tom Hanks' testicles".
Darthphere said:But only America is right you commie bastard.
What was so strange about 2 weeks ago?Batty for Bats! said:Man that is still funny. Those were certainly strange days, to say the least. I'm sorry, I'm bored and lonely so I search through the old threads that spark my interest. I'm going to sleep now.
Dew k. Mosi said:That's not what I was taught. I was taught that even if the word naturally ended in S that if it was a singular word you still added the S
So that would make it Tom Hanks's. Otherwise it would be as if you are referring to TWO people named Tom Hanks.
My teacher made a huge deal about it and quizzed everyone in the class about it, without telling us what the rule was until after everyone had the chance to make fools of themselves.
But I know at least 2 Jesuses, 3 Socractes and how am I supposed to know if you are talking about Zeus Dumbrowski or Zeus Leibowitz?Lurk said:I remember a caveat to the s's rule, something about if it is a well-known individual (singular) whose name ends in s, only an apostrophe is required since it would be common knowledge that only one Jesus, or Zeus, or Socrates is being referenced.