Take James for example.

Names with s possessive apostrophe. This is the reason why you just write Peters shoes childrens shoes and bosss shoes. Two years after his death in 1995 the Board agreed to name this promontory Carlos Elmers Joshua View in his honorcomplete with its possessive apostrophe the Boards. When a name ends in S it throws people off.

In MLA style if the name of a person ends in an s the possessive is formed by adding an apostrophe s so the possessive of Brutus is Brutuss. Names not ending in S are easy. To show possession with a singular noun add an apostrophe plus the letter s.

If the plural noun ends in s just add the apostrophe. Socrates philosophy Ulysses companions Saint Saens music Aristophanes plays. A possessive form is spelled with s at the end.

Singular nouns ending in S. Notice that possessive pronouns like yours his hers ours its and theirs are not followed by the apostrophe. Also if you want to form possessive plural noun that ending with s you just need to add the apostrophe.

Iris cat walked in the door. If possessive noun ends with the s and it is plural what you only need to do is to add apostrophe. The possessive of a plural name is always formed by adding an apostrophe after the final s the Smiths dog the Harrises family home.

Apostrophe S Meanings and Uses. The reasoning behind this rule is that as we dont say sok-ru. By adding either an s apostrophe s or an apostrophe on its own we indicate that something is owned by a person animal place or organisations apostrophe s or an apostrophe on its own we indicate that something is owned by a person animal place or organisation.