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Title: English grammar help
Post by: mudworm on June 25, 2013, 10:52:38 AM

My nephew from China decided to go by the nick name Aldous. Now, in our communications, sentences like this come up: it will be Aldous' decision.

My question is, should it rather be: it will be Aldous's decision ?

Title: Re: English grammar help
Post by: mudworm on June 25, 2013, 11:15:47 AM

Funny how right after I post, I read an article that has a sentence using the latter composition. Guess I should say it will be Aldous's decision.

Title: Re: English grammar help
Post by: JC w KC redux on June 25, 2013, 12:24:07 PM

Quote from: mudworm on June 25, 2013, 11:15:47 AM

Funny how right after I post, I read an article that has a sentence using the latter composition. Guess I should say it will be Aldous's decision.

I would be inclined to just add the apostrophe and not the extra s - now considered the old fashioned approach.
The English language is dying so now either way is acceptable...

Title: Re: English grammar help
Post by: mungeclimber on June 25, 2013, 02:15:11 PM

http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html

Title: Re: English grammar help
Post by: mudworm on June 25, 2013, 02:55:12 PM

Thanks, KC, and thanks, Munge!

I'll stick to "Aldous's decision."

When talking about exceptions: "Such forms as Achilles' heel,... are commonly replaced by the heel of Achilles."

The heel of Achilles... it sounds so weird.