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No

It's a singular word that happens to have an 's' on the end. It's not like I said "pant's" is it?

From the Chicago Manual of Style's text: 7.23 An alternative practice.

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"Those uncomfortable with the rules, exceptions, and options outlined above may prefer the system, formerly more common, of simply omitting the possessive s on all words ending in s – hence “Dylan Thomas' poetry,” “Maria Callas' singing.”

There I said it.

Posted By: The Judge on September 13th 2010 at 16:49:51

Message Thread

Anyone else wonder how my arse tastes? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 13, 15:47:07
- with it's prehensile tongue (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 13, 16:27:34
  - no (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 13, 16:32:03
- no (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 13, 16:00:39
  - me neither, just for the record. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 13, 16:14:32
- What's going on? (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Sep 13, 16:00:20
  - this (General Chat) - pants, Sep 13, 16:08:30
- I would imagine sweaty (General Chat) - HoofinHughes, Sep 13, 15:54:53
  - There's a word of three syllables there. (General Chat) - Arganth, Sep 13, 16:10:57
    - ^^^would give anything to know what pants' arse tastes like (n/m) (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 13, 16:37:20
      - pants's (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 13, 16:39:49
        
        No (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 13, 16:49:51
        
        haha. Pleasing that you took the time to dig that up (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 13, 16:54:47
        
        From the BBC: (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 13, 17:18:47
        
        Can we stop talking about pantses' arse please? (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Sep 13, 16:57:19
        
        yeah, fair point (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 13, 16:58:24
        
        ^^^ Correct apostrophecation. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 13, 16:58:23
        
        not in chicago' (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 13, 17:00:29
        
        unless you're an alternative chicagoan, it's true (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 13, 17:02:11
        
        liza minelli? (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 13, 17:03:34
        
        very probably (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 13, 17:04:22
        
        or, the arse of pants (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 13, 17:08:48
        
        no, and you're just doing that to tease (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 13, 17:00:24
        
        what the charles dickens has the bible got to do with it? pray tell (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 13, 17:05:59
        
        if you're in the bible, and your name ends in s (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 13, 17:09:55
        
        maybe he has just got a famous arse? (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 13, 17:19:05
        
        teeth grindingly sour mad man (General Chat) - pants, Sep 13, 16:55:59
        
        Calm down pants - everyone is having a laugh. Don't ruin it. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 13, 17:20:56
      - That's more like it, pretend to be engaging in humour (General Chat) - pants, Sep 13, 16:38:39
        
        I'm not pretending to engage in humour (General Chat) - The Judge, Sep 13, 16:47:29
        
        You are (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 13, 16:50:21
  - What an imagination (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 13, 15:56:06
- nope - not until you brought it nicely to the top! (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 13, 15:48:33
  - I dunno, I'm not a deviant (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 13, 15:50:49
    - or a contortionist (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 13, 15:51:49
      - or a contortionist (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 13, 15:52:16
  - arganth knows (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 13, 15:49:35

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