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Old 03-21-2015, 11:46 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
Depends on who's speakin'. For some books it will be a lil' complicated, particularly if they include phrases in languages other than English (un po' complicato in Italian, for instance).

(Not to mention that occasionally you can find the apostrophe after some s-sound which is not written with s, like -x or -ce.)
You may also find a lone ranger apostrophe at the end of words ending in 'z' and 'x' -- as in "...and in the kibbutz' fields grew cucumbers and tomatoes" or "The gearbox' selectors were broken."

Probably more often seen in older non-US/Canada publications.

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