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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: more than one "S"??? #62620 03/28/2002 6:05 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada Gollum is the nassssty creature in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings who is in love with the precioussss, my precioussssss. Strunk and White sez to pluralize an s word: 1. Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write, Charles's friend Burns's poems the witch's malice Exceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names ending in -es and -is, the possessive Jesus', and such forms as "for conscience' sake, for righteousness' sake." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Another question about the letter "s" Wordwind 03/27/2002 1:47 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" Faldage 03/27/2002 1:52 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" RhubarbCommando 03/27/2002 1:58 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" Wordwind 03/27/2002 2:21 PM Re: Watch your p's and q's! WhitmanO'Neill 03/27/2002 2:39 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" slithy toves 03/27/2002 2:26 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" Wordwind 03/27/2002 2:36 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" slithy toves 03/27/2002 3:47 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" Angel 03/27/2002 4:12 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" slithy toves 03/27/2002 4:36 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" AnnaStrophic 03/27/2002 5:13 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" Wordwind 03/27/2002 6:09 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 03/27/2002 6:09 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" Angel 03/27/2002 8:36 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" dxb 03/27/2002 4:40 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" Keiva 04/03/2002 4:48 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" Sparteye 03/27/2002 2:47 PM twos in threes AnnaStrophic 03/28/2002 1:24 AM Re: more than one "S"??? WhitmanO'Neill 03/28/2002 1:37 AM Re: more than one "S"??? Wordwind 03/28/2002 12:50 PM Re: more than one "S"??? modestgoddess 03/28/2002 6:05 PM An Ode To S modestgoddess 03/28/2002 6:17 PM Re: more than one "S"??? Jazzoctopus 03/28/2002 9:41 PM Re: more than one "S"??? modestgoddess 03/29/2002 1:48 AM . Max Quordlepleen 03/28/2002 7:59 PM Re: twos in threes wwh 03/28/2002 8:19 PM Re: Another question about the letter "s" Bingley 04/03/2002 5:30 AM Re: Matter's Apo'strophical Faldage 04/03/2002 3:14 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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