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"Another one .... Betsy DeVos' former top aide joins anti-Trump group" (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP
Need all the support we can get - and it keeps coming empedocles Sep 2020 #1
Bullshit. Doreen Sep 2020 #2
Huh?! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2020 #4
Devos would never be anti-trump. Doreen Sep 2020 #6
"Betsy DeVos' former top aide..." it's right there in the title "AIDE". nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2020 #7
This is a former aide to DeVos...perhaps you misread? Nevilledog Sep 2020 #5
OK, I now see what you are saying. Doreen Sep 2020 #8
But wouldn't that still be correct? Since her last name ends in 's'. So the Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2020 #9
Even when a persons name ends in "s" you still do apostrophe s. Doreen Sep 2020 #10
the second s is not used in that way... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #11
Apostrophe-S vs. Apostrophe: Forming Possessives of Words Ending in S (or an S Sound) Klaralven Sep 2020 #12
Yeah, at this rate we'll get a guy with a huge mustache and Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2020 #3

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
2. Bullshit.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:55 PM
Sep 2020

she has her head so far up his ass that she will never see the light of day. Fake news. Troll.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
6. Devos would never be anti-trump.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 06:11 PM
Sep 2020

This is one of those things that I would need to see proof. I have heard nothing about Devos changing from destroying our schools to helping them. If she was anti-trump she would be changing her attitude.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,494 posts)
9. But wouldn't that still be correct? Since her last name ends in 's'. So the
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 06:18 PM
Sep 2020

apostrophe goes last? Mind you, English is my second language. But that's how I've used it in the past. So if it's wrong. I want to correct it going forward.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
10. Even when a persons name ends in "s" you still do apostrophe s.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 06:27 PM
Sep 2020

It symbolizes possesion. It is not only a persons name. It can refer to an animals possession. Such as the ass's long ears.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
12. Apostrophe-S vs. Apostrophe: Forming Possessives of Words Ending in S (or an S Sound)
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 08:00 PM
Sep 2020

I’m going to focus on the difference between how The Associated Press Stylebook and The Chicago Manual of Style handle possessives for words ending in s or an s sound. In short, is it Carlos’ stylebook or Carlos’s stylebook?

https://apvschicago.com/2011/06/apostrophe-s-vs-apostrophe-forming.html

TL-DR -- it depends on which stylebook you are using.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,494 posts)
3. Yeah, at this rate we'll get a guy with a huge mustache and
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:59 PM
Sep 2020

fake glasses named Tonald Drump, talking about: "We need to get rid of that loser in the WH, bigly! We looked at it very strongly and decided he's no good. Who voted for that anyway?!".

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