September 22, 2008: "James's Big Leap"


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I found many sources that say that the possessive of an s-ending singular noun is to add 's (eg, James's), but I have an old grammar guide that says to add only the apostrophe (eg, James'). I would think that only adding the apostrophe could generate confusion as to whether the noun was singular or plural (is he the plural form of Jame?), since you add only the apostrophe to plural s-ending words. So I think I made the correct choice with this strip's title, but feel free to educate me otherwise.