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Any grammar experts out there.. 14:35 - Dec 10 with 1077 viewsLeistonBlue

Is it “Neil Harris’ Blue and White Army” or “Neil Harris’s Blue and White Army”? I would hate to get it wrong on live tv as he is introduced to me and the 4 other away fans at Barrow…
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Any grammar experts out there.. on 14:37 - Dec 10 with 1052 viewsChurchman

I think it can be either.
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Any grammar experts out there.. on 14:38 - Dec 10 with 1045 viewsEwan_Oozami

The second one as his surname isn't a plural...

Edit: this should clear things up (possibly)

https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/apostrophe.html
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You are the obsolete SRN4 to my Fairey Rotodyne....
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Any grammar experts out there.. on 14:38 - Dec 10 with 1035 viewsjayessess

Both are correct and pronounced out loud in the same way.

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"Bomber Harris' blue and white army" (n/t) on 14:39 - Dec 10 with 1027 viewsBloots


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Any grammar experts out there.. on 14:43 - Dec 10 with 995 viewsITFC_Forever

Harris Out will do.

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Any grammar experts out there.. on 14:51 - Dec 10 with 967 viewsnoggin

You spelt Warnock's wrong.
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Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:02 - Dec 10 with 904 viewsHighgateBlue

Any grammar experts out there.. on 14:38 - Dec 10 by Ewan_Oozami

The second one as his surname isn't a plural...

Edit: this should clear things up (possibly)

https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/apostrophe.html
[Post edited 10 Dec 2021 14:40]


I consider myself pretty good at apostrophes (yes, like a total w@nker, obviously...), but I'd never heard of " conscience' sake " before?! Unbelievable Jeff...
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Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:03 - Dec 10 with 898 viewsNthQldITFC

Any grammar experts out there.. on 14:37 - Dec 10 by Churchman

I think it can be either.


Or neither.

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Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:09 - Dec 10 with 883 viewsjeera

Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:03 - Dec 10 by NthQldITFC

Or neither.


How you pronouncing that?

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Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:10 - Dec 10 with 881 viewsKeno

Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:09 - Dec 10 by jeera

How you pronouncing that?


either way

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Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:12 - Dec 10 with 863 viewsjayessess

Any grammar experts out there.. on 14:38 - Dec 10 by Ewan_Oozami

The second one as his surname isn't a plural...

Edit: this should clear things up (possibly)

https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/apostrophe.html
[Post edited 10 Dec 2021 14:40]


Thing is though, English isn't really governed by these prescriptive rules. We don't have an equivalent to the Real Academia Espanola or the Academie Francaise. So there's no real agreement with these rules, just different organisations stipulating their "style".

So you'll see lots of style guides saying "Harris's" and others "Harris'", both are broadly acceptable usage.

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Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:15 - Dec 10 with 858 viewsChrisd

It can be either. The fact ‘Harris’ ends in an s and we’re talking about ownership/possession the apostrophe can go after the s. However Harris’ or Harris’s is correct from my understanding.
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Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:18 - Dec 10 with 849 viewsjayessess

Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:02 - Dec 10 by HighgateBlue

I consider myself pretty good at apostrophes (yes, like a total w@nker, obviously...), but I'd never heard of " conscience' sake " before?! Unbelievable Jeff...


I would dispute that they've accurately described usage there.
And, as with Latin plurals, if no one uses it, it's not correct English.

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Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:26 - Dec 10 with 815 viewsNthQldITFC

Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:09 - Dec 10 by jeera

How you pronouncing that?


Nun.

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Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:32 - Dec 10 with 787 viewsRyorry

The former :)

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Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:53 - Dec 10 with 755 viewsHighgateBlue

Any grammar experts out there.. on 15:18 - Dec 10 by jayessess

I would dispute that they've accurately described usage there.
And, as with Latin plurals, if no one uses it, it's not correct English.


There's nothing worse than a hypercorrective, incorrect, Latin pluralisation. I'm very content with a functional English pluralisation of a Latin noun. No problem.

If it's an English noun parachuted in from Latin, no problem with just applying English pluralisation rules to it. You just sound like a massive idiot trying to say things like radii.

And in any event, why should it always be the nominative plural? If you're using it as the (plural) object of the sentence, why should it not be the accusative plural? And why only /pluralise/ Latin nouns - why not put singular ones into their correct case?

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Any grammar experts out there.. on 16:11 - Dec 10 with 726 viewsBasingstokeBlue

The latter.

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