Re: a grammar question

i18n@... wrote:

>Peter T. Daniels wrote:
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>>>Is there a reference for the "newfangled" usage? I rarely see it and
>>>always consider it incorrect, but I am willing to stand corrected....
>>>
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>>Chicago Manual of Style, at least since the 13th ed. Always use 's
>>except on names that end with the "eez" sound (Aristophanes') and a few
>>stereotyped cases -- in Jesus' name, for conscience' sake (I think there
>>are half a dozen exceptions).
>>

Hmm. I've been "corrected" on this a few times myself, and I don't have
the age to be considered "old-fashioned". I pretty consistently say
things like "Daniels'" or "Moses'" and so forth, in speech as well as
writing. Somehow it sounds right to me. Maybe I just internalized the
older usage a little too deep.

~mark