How to Make a Name That Ends With an S Possessive

And why that depends on your style guide of choice

Karen DeGroot Carter
The Writing Cooperative
3 min readMar 17, 2021

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In “AP Style: What It Is and How It Can Help Your Writing,” I explained that using a certain style guide can help you keep your writing consistent. I also referred to “How to Use AP Style for More Polished Blog Posts” by Jennifer Geer, who supports my argument and adds that readers “notice…

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