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Old 11-10-2021, 10:32 AM   #100
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
That's the main rule, but there are some customary exceptions. Also with time an apostrophe may be dropped.
Peek, Frean and Co.
Peek Frean's
Peek Freans
This is a not-bad modern "guide" with examples on the head-splitting 's rules:

https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/apostrophe.html

And believe me, at my shop, we see it EVERY which way--and "right" versus "wrong" also seem to be heavily dependent on when/where you went to school. I grew up with the no 's after words or names that ended in s period, but it's patent that that's changed.

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