Talk:Eduard Sievers

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His name is Eduard Sievers (ending in -s), the genitive of his name should either be Sievers's or Sievers' , actually I don't know which. I would opt for Sievers's, however my sources are contradictory. Not Siever's, which is definitely wrong. Anyway usage ought to be consistent. Symkyn (talk) 07:08, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Weiner et al. (1994) say: "Nouns ending in s add  's for the singular possessive, e.g. [...] Burns's". So I guess from this point of view (is it the British English point of view?) it would have to be Sievers's Law, I guess. But, consistency is the key word here, that's for sure.

Is there any guideline in the Wikipedia style sheets about this?


 * Weiner, E.S.C. and Andrew Delahunty. 1994. The Oxford Guide to English Usage. 2nd ed. London: BCA.

Symkyn (talk) 08:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)