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SINGULAR: a
man’s
hat PLURAL:
men’s
hats
N o t e 2. — Nouns ending in
-s
form the genitive case in two ways:
Dickens’
novels, Dickens’s novels.
The pronunciation of the genitive case ending follows the same rules as the pronunciation
of the plural ending:
[Iz] after sibilants:
prince’s, judge’s, witch’s,
etc.
[z] after voiced consonants other than sibilants and after vowels:
boy’s, man’s, king’s.
[s] after voiceless consonants other than sibilants:
Smith’s, count’s, bishop’s.
N o t e. — With nouns ending in
-s
and forming the genitive case in two ways
(Dickens’ novels, Dickens’s novels)
the ending is pronounced [Iz] whether the
letter s is written or not.
2. Sometimes the apostrophe
s
may refer to a whole group of words (the group-
genitive):
Jane and Mary’
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