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Standard English ConventionsMediumApostrophe with a possessive of a name ending in s

Standard English Conventions practice question

____ notebooks, kept in a locked drawer for fifty years, were published last spring.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. Ms Torres'sCorrect
  2. B. Ms Torres
  3. C. Ms Torres'es
  4. D. Ms Torreses

Answer: A. Ms Torres's

A singular name ending in s takes 's: Torres's.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Ms Torres
No possessive.
C. Ms Torres'es
'Torres'es' is not a standard form.
D. Ms Torreses
'Torreses' is a plural, not a possessive.

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