Do you put an apostrophe after a name if it is possessive?

Plural and Possessive Names: A Guide To show possession using an apostrophe, add ‘s for individuals (“Smith’s car”) and just the apostrophe after the s for plurals (“the Smiths’ car”). If a family name ends with an s or z, you can choose to use just the apostrophe (“the Williams’ dog”) or ‘s (“the Williams’s dog”).

How do you make a proper name ending in s possessive?

If a proper name ends with an s, you can add just the apostrophe or an apostrophe and an s. See the examples below for an illustration of this type of possessive noun. You’re sitting in Chris’ chair. You’re sitting in Chris’s chair.

How do you punctuate a possessive name?

For names ending in s, form the possessive either by simply adding an apostrophe (James’ books) or by adding an apostrophe as well as another s (Charles’s phone). The possessive of a plural name is always formed by adding an apostrophe after the final s (the Smiths’ dog, the Harrises’ family home).

How do you write the possessive of two names?

Where two or more people own one item together, place an apostrophe before an “s” only after the second-named person. For example: Incorrect: Bill’s and Mary’s car was a lemon, leading them to seek rescission of their contract under the state’s lemon law.

Is it Alexis or Alexis’s?

According to the Chicago Manual of Style (which folks in my profession refer to as the Bible of Book Publishing), the rule is the same as any other singular possessive. You write her name with possession just like you say it: Alexis’s.

Which is correct Jesus’s or Jesus?

This factor is almost as complicated as properly saying something belongs to this. There are several different style guides for writing the English language. When you follow the rules of The Associated Press Stylebook, Jesus’ is proper. With all other style guides, Jesus’s is correct.

Do you use apostrophe for 2 names?

When two or more people separately own the same type of thing, you should add an apostrophe after each person’s name. If two or more people jointly own something, you should treat them as a single “subject” and you only need one apostrophe.

Which is correct Phyllis or Phyllis’s?

*Proper names ending in s use the apostrophe s when you’d say/hear the extra ‘s’ in speech: Thomas’s sister. James’s coat. Phyllis’s presentation.

How do you pluralize a family name that ends in s?

If the name ends in s, z, ch, or sh, you need to add es. That means the Davis family becomes the Davises, the French family becomes the Frenches, the Hernandez family becomes the Hernandezes, and the Glaves family becomes the Glaveses.

How do you make a last name plural?

Make Your Family Name Plural For most names, add an -s to make them plural. For names that end in ch, s, sh, x, and z, add -es to make them plural. *There is an exception to this rule: If your last name ends in ch but is pronounced with a hard /k/ sound, like the word monarch, add only an -s rather than -es.

Is it Francis or Francis’s?

The possessive case of a singular or plural noun not ending in s is formed by adding an apostrophe and s. So Francis’ is correct.