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The 2014 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook has this rule:
SINGULAR COMMON NOUNS ENDING IN S: Add 's unless the next word begins with s: the hostess's invitation, the hostess' seat; the witness's answer, the witness' story.
Based on that rule above, do you agree that all of the examples below are punctuated correctly per their guidance? Have I correctly applied their rule to each example below — yes or no?
Singular Possession:
• the mattress' springs
• the mattress's quality
• the bus' seats
• the bus's windshield
• the bus' steering wheel
• the thermos' steam
• the thermos's cover
• the the seamstress' savings
• the buttress' support
• the octupus' shelter
• the octupus's defense mechanism
Plural Possession:
• the mattresses' springs
• the mattresses' quality
• the buses' seats
• the buses' steering wheel
• the buses' windshield / windshields
• the thermoses' steam
• the thermoses' cover
• the buttressess' support
• the seamstresses' savings
• the octupuses' shelter
• the octupuses' defense mechanism
Thank you.
SINGULAR COMMON NOUNS ENDING IN S: Add 's unless the next word begins with s: the hostess's invitation, the hostess' seat; the witness's answer, the witness' story.
Based on that rule above, do you agree that all of the examples below are punctuated correctly per their guidance? Have I correctly applied their rule to each example below — yes or no?
Singular Possession:
• the mattress' springs
• the mattress's quality
• the bus' seats
• the bus's windshield
• the bus' steering wheel
• the thermos' steam
• the thermos's cover
• the the seamstress' savings
• the buttress' support
• the octupus' shelter
• the octupus's defense mechanism
Plural Possession:
• the mattresses' springs
• the mattresses' quality
• the buses' seats
• the buses' steering wheel
• the buses' windshield / windshields
• the thermoses' steam
• the thermoses' cover
• the buttressess' support
• the seamstresses' savings
• the octupuses' shelter
• the octupuses' defense mechanism
Thank you.