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Old 10-05-2016, 08:59 AM   #154
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Originally Posted by Luffy View Post
Is it true that putting an apostrophe with a one syllable name in the context such as : James' is correct, while dealing with all the multiple syllable names (e.g Amy's), the names are spelled correctly with the apostrophe before the S?
The number of syllables has nothing to do with it. It's whether the word ends with an S anyway.

James -> James'
Paul -> Paul's

Although some people will use 's, e.g. James -> James's.
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