elisabeth.scharf
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Which is the correct Saxon Genitive: James' or James's?
[General] Saxon Genitive
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(1) I most respectfully suggest that most Americans would write something like
"I am going to James' house."
(a) I feel that most Americans feel that the "extra" s is unnecessary and even
"weird-looking."
(b) Personally, I write James's, but my reading shows me that I am in the distinct
minority of Americans who do so. In fact, probably some (many? most?) Americans
do NOT even pronounce James' as Jameses.
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