?Rhetorica
Your Writing System Sucks
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Kelatetía, Dis message
quoting Hálian:
s/\'s/\'/
aha, so you're from california are you
?Hâlian
the Protogen
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Alípteza, United States message
No, I just know not to put <'s> after <s x z> but instead <'>.
?Rhetorica
Your Writing System Sucks
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Kelatetía, Dis message
Well, no, it's not that simple. Different authorities disagree. Derivationally it makes no sense (OE genitive -es would be added on in those cases), and it's practically unheard of in academic writing to omit the "s" after the apostrophe unless the term is a plural (or, apparently, Jesus or Moses, but that's a bit outside of my experience.) The rule's honestly pretty simple: if you don't pronounce it without the final "s", don't write it that way.