For example, would you not place an apostrophe in That is the boss’s decision? Readers would surely be confused with either That is the bosss decision OR That is the boss decision. In any case, the notion that “words ending in s or an s sound should not have an apostrophe” is a misunderstanding of some sort. In 2014 we issued the 11th edition of The Blue Book in which we expanded the discussion of the accepted methods for dealing with possession. The “Rule 2” of Apostrophes referenced in our response of December 18, 2012, to Maddie was part of the 10th edition of The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation.
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