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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Fortune magazine published an article about Suzanne Somers and her thighmaster riches. My question is: is "Somers's" really the preferred possessive for her last name? I would have gone with "Somers'" but maybe I've been wrong all this time.
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We had quite the discussion regarding this late one night on the plural possessive ending in S. I said it's Somers' thighmaster. Someone else (senior to me) said it's Somers's. I was always taught the former. I went to an impartial juror and she said the NYTimes (or was it the LATimes?) book of style says my way is correct. Senior person quoted from "Woe is I" to show that she was correct. So - depends on who you reference. I say Somers'.
