http://www.7-west.org/2007/03/14/the-apostrophe-act/ The Virginia General Assembly from the perspective of 7 West. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 http://www.7-west.org/2007/03/14/the-apostrophe-act/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:09:12 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2007/03/14/the-apostrophe-act/#comment-544 Actually, it’s somewhat in flux. Many style manuals now say you always add the apostrophe and the s to everything. However, the AP style manual does not. I think for simplicity’s sake, we will soon see the more uniform approach used.

]]> http://www.7-west.org/2007/03/14/the-apostrophe-act/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:48:27 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2007/03/14/the-apostrophe-act/#comment-543 OK, so I wasn’t an English major, but I do remember that if a word ended in s, you only added the apostrophe. Are they doing this because the s is silent? Is this the “New Rule?”

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