>> When a word ends with an 's' *because it is plural* (i.e. the s denotes
>> plurality) then you omit the second 's'. If the word ends with 's'
in singular
>> form you do the whole whack: ..s's.
>>
>> I can't quote a source for this, but it's something I've known for years.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitive
>
here is an excerpt from that link:
Genitive of origin; subjective genitive
* Beethoven's music
* Fred Astaire's dancing
* Confucius' teaching
Confucius is a name ending with s jus like Torvalds is, its not plural
form of anything.
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