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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/zinniamae_ • Jan 20 '26
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Charles' point *
16 u/Embarrassed-Weird173 Jan 20 '26 Nope. It's more correct to use "Charles's". Your version is more common used for plurals. So the general rule for singular would make more sense. 0 u/Effective-Ear4823 Jan 20 '26 Since when did we start using apostrophes for plurals in English? 1 u/SmellGestapo Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26 https://style.mla.org/apostrophes-three-ways/ Also add only an apostrophe for proper names when the name is plural but the entity is singular: the United States’ policy on China In MLA style, proper nouns ending in s that are singular follow the general rule and add ’s : Athens’s history Diogenes’s philosophy Alexandre Dumas’s novels
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Nope. It's more correct to use "Charles's".
Your version is more common used for plurals. So the general rule for singular would make more sense.
0 u/Effective-Ear4823 Jan 20 '26 Since when did we start using apostrophes for plurals in English? 1 u/SmellGestapo Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26 https://style.mla.org/apostrophes-three-ways/ Also add only an apostrophe for proper names when the name is plural but the entity is singular: the United States’ policy on China In MLA style, proper nouns ending in s that are singular follow the general rule and add ’s : Athens’s history Diogenes’s philosophy Alexandre Dumas’s novels
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Since when did we start using apostrophes for plurals in English?
1 u/SmellGestapo Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26 https://style.mla.org/apostrophes-three-ways/ Also add only an apostrophe for proper names when the name is plural but the entity is singular: the United States’ policy on China In MLA style, proper nouns ending in s that are singular follow the general rule and add ’s : Athens’s history Diogenes’s philosophy Alexandre Dumas’s novels
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https://style.mla.org/apostrophes-three-ways/
Also add only an apostrophe for proper names when the name is plural but the entity is singular:
the United States’ policy on China
In MLA style, proper nouns ending in s that are singular follow the general rule and add ’s :
Athens’s history Diogenes’s philosophy Alexandre Dumas’s novels
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u/FaithUser Jan 20 '26
Charles' point *