To make any word possessive that ends with s you put the apostrophe after the s. So Travis’ is the correct way to say something like, “Travis’ shoes were muddy.”
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Nemo@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Okay, so, first: It should also be written “Travis’s”.
Only if it is plural do you put the possessive apostrophe last.
echo@lemmings.world 10 months ago
criitz@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Only for plural nouns, IMO.
EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Unless you’re in other countries, not the usa
EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
The UK. Style guides say to be guided by pronunciation, not just always bang 's on the end
lovely_reader@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Like where? I’m curious to look at the style guides from there.
PunnyName@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s a good rule of thumb, but it’s not a requirement.
can@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Depends on the style guide.
7fb2adfb45bafcc01c80@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I try to follow the Chicago Manual of Style, so for me it’s Travis’s. Generally that’s the style guide used in fiction.
The Associated Press Stylebook just puts an apostrophe at the end of a proper noun ending with “s,” however (although they will use an apostrophe-ess for common nouns, creating things like scissors’s).
Nemo@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Chicago, forever and always. Go Maroons!