Talk:-s'

This could easily be analysed as -s + -', if one were willing to say that the apostrophe sometimes has the sound /ɨz/. - -sche (discuss) 21:21, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Indeed, but in such a case wouldn't the -' in that case be being recognised as a reduced form of "'s"?

I recognise "Dickens’ novel" pronunciation-wise in the same way as I would for "Dickens’s novel" (as /dɪkɪnzɪz nɒvəl/), but for the other examples, I'm not so sure.

I am far more likely to recognise the -' possessive applied to a word that ends in "s" as an extra /ɪz/, I would say. Tharthan (talk) 17:26, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

RFD discussion: November–December 2018

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-s'

-es'

it's -s (for plural) + -' (possessive marker), and it's already present in -' as sense 1 ("Possessive marker used on plurals that end with -s"). --80.133.109.107 13:28, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

• Delete. A case of SOP for a pair of suffixes. There are endless combinations of such, like -ize + -ing and -ness + -es.  --Lambiam 22:54, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
• Delete, per Lambiam. Leasnam (talk) 23:49, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
• Delete per above. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 08:46, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
• Yes, Delete SemperBlotto (talk) 07:55, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
• Note: if deleted, also delete -es' with it.  --Lambiam 07:51, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

IMO it's (weakly) worth keeping for the pronunciation information and usage notes. - -sche (discuss) 18:11, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Can’t this info be presented at -' and -'s?  --Lambiam 07:53, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Weak keep per above, but I'm not opposed to the information being included elsewhere. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 01:28, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

OK, I've moved the pronunciation and usage notes over to -' (please review it). - -sche (discuss) 05:02, 5 December 2018 (UTC)