John GruberFeb 28
@MisterMoo What in the world are you talking about? His surname Griffiths is singular so it takes ‘s to make possessive. Some style guides make exceptions for “biblical names”, by which they mean “Jesus” and “Moses”, but that’s dumb.
Show threadPeter CohenFeb 28

@gruber @MisterMoo Not that it's the Bible or anything, but you're throwing the AP Stylebook out the window here, my dude.

For singular proper names ending in s: Use only an apostrophe.

Show threadJohn Gruber

@flargh @MisterMoo True, but I’m not a fan of AP Style. It almost always errs on the side of omitting characters, I think from their history as a literal wire service.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grammar/comments/1esvji9/ap_uses_harris_and_walzs_while_ny_times/

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Show threadMarc Robinson Feb 28

@gruber @flargh @MisterMoo Strunk & White say 's every time.

And Click & Clack say it's better to be unencumbered by the thought process.

Show threadDr. DrangMar 1
@gruber @flargh @MisterMoo AP wants you to omit the Oxford comma, too. ’Nuff said.
Show threadChancerubbageMar 1

@drdrang @gruber @flargh @MisterMoo

That is enough reasons for never looking at the AP style guidelines.

Maybe they wanted reporters to write so unambiguously that it wouldn’t even be necessary.

An Oxford comma is almost always necessary, the grammar issue it solves might not be.

Show threadMark MetzgerMar 1
@drdrang @gruber @flargh @MisterMoo blasphemy. Oxford commas rule.