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ISn't the title of this page grammatically incorrect? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that possessive contractions end in just an apostrophe if the last letter of the name is an "s". Therefore, wouldn't "Iris's" be incorrect? [[User:Hurricane|<span style=";color:#000096;">Hur</span>]][[User talk:Hurricane|<span style=";color:#0000D7;">ric</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hurricane|<span style=";color:#0000FF;">ane</span>]] 00:25, 23 April 2012 (UTC) | ISn't the title of this page grammatically incorrect? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that possessive contractions end in just an apostrophe if the last letter of the name is an "s". Therefore, wouldn't "Iris's" be incorrect? [[User:Hurricane|<span style=";color:#000096;">Hur</span>]][[User talk:Hurricane|<span style=";color:#0000D7;">ric</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hurricane|<span style=";color:#0000FF;">ane</span>]] 00:25, 23 April 2012 (UTC) | ||
:http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/possessive-form-of-singular-nouns-ending-with-s/ <sup>[[Typhlosion (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup>[[User:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">Jo the Marten</span>]]<sup>[[Flygon (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup> [[User_Talk:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">ಠ_ಠ</span>]][[Cilan (anime)|<span style="color:#90C870;">♥</span>]] 00:40, 23 April 2012 (UTC) | :http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/possessive-form-of-singular-nouns-ending-with-s/ <sup>[[Typhlosion (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup>[[User:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">Jo the Marten</span>]]<sup>[[Flygon (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup> [[User_Talk:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">ಠ_ಠ</span>]][[Cilan (anime)|<span style="color:#90C870;">♥</span>]] 00:40, 23 April 2012 (UTC) | ||
::A simple s' would go after a plural, not a singular, word. Iris is singular. - [[User:Poikins|<span style="color:#fc880d">'''poi'''</span>]][[User talk:Poikins|<span style="color:#ff3333">'''kins'''</span>]] 00:44, 23 April 2012 (UTC) | |||