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LMF123
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Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
I am creating a calendar on Snapfish. If a name ends with an "s", like Alexis, how do i write their birthday on the calendar?
Alexis's Birthday
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Alexis' Birthday
TIA!! (I am a Math Teacher...i know nothing about words  )
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Posted 11/5/07 3:36 PM  |
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LaurenExp
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
I think both are acceptable.
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| Posted 11/5/07 3:40 PM |
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Reese32
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Alexis's birthday.
I *believe* you only leave off the s after the apostrophe if the word before it is plural and ends in "s".
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| Posted 11/5/07 3:41 PM |
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HoneyBadger
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
I thought when you're showing posession it's "s" apostrophe?
Message edited 11/5/2007 3:43:04 PM.
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| Posted 11/5/07 3:42 PM |
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Reese32
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Gosh, Lisa, aren't you glad we got that cleared up for you? 
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| Posted 11/5/07 3:44 PM |
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luckyinlove
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
It should be Alexis's birthday.
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| Posted 11/5/07 3:48 PM |
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HoneyBadger
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Posted by Reese32
Gosh, Lisa, aren't you glad we got that cleared up for you?
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| Posted 11/5/07 3:51 PM |
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LMF123
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
I think i am going to go with Alexis's Birthday!!
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| Posted 11/5/07 3:53 PM |
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Katie111806
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
I'm pretty sure it's Alexis' birthday
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| Posted 11/5/07 4:03 PM |
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LMF123
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Found this on a website:
Singular possessive
The possessive form of a singular noun is an apostrophe followed by the letter "s."
Kramer's hair
Daphne's patience
the car's engine
Words ending with s, z or x generally omit the "s."
Dr. Seuss' sense of humor
So i guess it's Alexis' Birthday
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| Posted 11/5/07 4:13 PM |
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Ang-Rich
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
I go with dropping the 's'
So I say...Lucas' pictures 
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| Posted 11/5/07 4:17 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Posted by Erlifried
Found this on a website:
Singular possessive
The possessive form of a singular noun is an apostrophe followed by the letter "s."
Kramer's hair
Daphne's patience
the car's engine
Words ending with s, z or x generally omit the "s."
Dr. Seuss' sense of humor
So i guess it's Alexis' Birthday
To "clarify" things, I found this website:
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp
Use the apostrophe to show possession. Place the apostrophe before the s to show singular possession.
Examples one boy's hat
one woman's hat
one actress's hat
one child's hat
Ms. Chang's house
Mr. Jones's golf clubs
Texas's weather
Ms. Straus's daughter
Jose Sanchez's artwork
Dr. Hastings's appointment (name is Hastings)
Mrs. Lees's books (name is Lees)
Even names ending in "s" get an ' and another s.
Hope that clears things up...  
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| Posted 11/5/07 4:29 PM |
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CkGm
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Its definately Alexis' birthday
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| Posted 11/5/07 5:17 PM |
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LMF123
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
I am so confused!! 
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| Posted 11/5/07 5:21 PM |
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eroxgirl
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
It is Alexis' birthday.
Nowadays...because they can't leave well enough alone, Alexis's is also acceptable. Personally, I hate it that way because I hate all the 'new' grammar rules, but you're not asking for my opinion.
If you want to be old-school proper, you'd put Alexis'.
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| Posted 11/5/07 5:28 PM |
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nel
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
I always come out of lurker mode for English teacher questions, I guess...
It would be Alexis's birthday... the only names that end in "s" for which you would NOT add another "s" after the apostrophe are Moses and Jesus. (So it would be Moses' birthday, not Moses's birthday.) This is from my DH, who works in publishing. It's a style thing, though. It wouldn't necessarily be WRONG if you didn't add the second "s" after the apostrophe. (I hope I explained that clearly enough...)
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| Posted 11/5/07 5:33 PM |
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LMF123
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Thank you, everyone!!
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| Posted 11/5/07 5:40 PM |
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Kara
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Posted by LaurenExp
I think both are acceptable.
Nope.
It's Alexis's Birthday.
Unless she's Jesus or Moses, there should be an apostrophe and an s. If she IS Jesus or Moses, it's Jesus' Birthday.
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| Posted 11/5/07 5:40 PM |
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Kara
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Posted by nels
I always come out of lurker mode for English teacher questions, I guess...
It would be Alexis's birthday... the only names that end in "s" for which you would NOT add another "s" after the apostrophe are Moses and Jesus. (So it would be Moses' birthday, not Moses's birthday.) This is from my DH, who works in publishing. It's a style thing, though. It wouldn't necessarily be WRONG if you didn't add the second "s" after the apostrophe. (I hope I explained that clearly enough...)
LOL - I should have read all the posts before responding.
This is correct!
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| Posted 11/5/07 5:41 PM |
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Kara
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Posted by eroxgirl
It is Alexis' birthday.
Nowadays...because they can't leave well enough alone, Alexis's is also acceptable. Personally, I hate it that way because I hate all the 'new' grammar rules, but you're not asking for my opinion.
If you want to be old-school proper, you'd put Alexis'.
Actually, Aexis' would never have been proper. The incorrect version may have been widespread and accepted -- but it was never proper English. Only biblical names are written that way.
Message edited 11/5/2007 5:42:21 PM.
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Kara
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Posted by Erlifried
Found this on a website:
Singular possessive
The possessive form of a singular noun is an apostrophe followed by the letter "s."
Kramer's hair
Daphne's patience
the car's engine
Words ending with s, z or x generally omit the "s."
Dr. Seuss' sense of humor
So i guess it's Alexis' Birthday
What web site did you find that on? Proper names ALWAYS get an s after the apostrophe. The Dr. Suess' example is totally incorrect.
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| Posted 11/5/07 5:43 PM |
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LMF123
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Posted by Kara
Posted by Erlifried
Found this on a website:
Singular possessive
The possessive form of a singular noun is an apostrophe followed by the letter "s."
Kramer's hair
Daphne's patience
the car's engine
Words ending with s, z or x generally omit the "s."
Dr. Seuss' sense of humor
So i guess it's Alexis' Birthday
What web site did you find that on? Proper names ALWAYS get an s after the apostrophe. The Dr. Suess' example is totally incorrect.
I googled "grammar - pluralizing" and this was on one of the websites that came up.
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| Posted 11/5/07 5:49 PM |
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klingklang77
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Alexis's birthday.
I think that is the old school rule. British English teaches that and they don't really change their English.
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| Posted 11/5/07 5:53 PM |
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Niblet
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
Alexis's Calendar
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| Posted 11/5/07 6:50 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Question for English Teachers or Grammar Lovers
The Birthday of Alexis..... 
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