Comments on: Apostrophes – how to use them

By: mantex

mantex — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:47:45 +0000

Once something is an abbreviation, it behaves in the same way as if it were still the somplete word.

So, you would write “The G’s gun was still smoking”.

You don’t need to put an apostrophe after the G to show it’s an abbreviation.

And note that no apostrophe is necessary when showing plurals. So you would write

“All the Gs were wearing designer suits.”

By: Jawwaad Hussain

Jawwaad Hussain — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:59:43 +0000

Right, it seems an odd question, but bear with me. The term ‘G’ is an abbreviation of ‘Gangster’, right? So would I put an apostrophe after ‘G’ if I was describing something belong to a G? Or would that depend entirely on whether or not I put an apostrophe after ‘G’ to show that it’s an abbreviation?

By: mantex

mantex — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:27:55 +0000

When proper names end in -s or -es, it is often said that the punctuation of the possessive case should be determined by how the word is pronounced.

So is you would say MyerZ determination, it would be Myers’ determination.

And if you said MyersEZ determination, it would be Myers’s determination.

Personally, I would go with the first.

By: James

James — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:31:32 +0000

Thanks for your article but what would the correct use of an apostrophe be here:

Meyers’ determination…

or Meyers’s determination…

Many thanks!