Thomas’s situation
Thomas’ sake
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the bass' sake
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United States’ borders
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Author of "It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences" and "Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies"
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2 comments:
“For the bass’ sake, don’t use so much lemon.”
Does the apostrophe prompt an “es” sound in the spoken form, or does it just sound like “bass?” If the former, that apostrophe is doing a lot of work.
I visited the University of Chicago a few times and always walked away depressed for some reason. I think all of the gargoyle statues staring down from the buildings mess with peoples’ heads (hence “the bass’ sake”).
People have asked me a number of times: Do you pronounce it "Jamesziz house" or just like "James house"? My answer: I don't know where to turn for a definitive answer on that, so I keep my trap shut.
I was taught it was the latter -- that James's is pronounced exactly like James. But I was educated in Florida public schools, so I'm not trusting anything I was taught and neither should you.
: )
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