Talk:The Doorway

I will finish the the plot summary tomorrow if you all will oblige me. Or, I hope you will add to what I've started rather than erasing it. Thank you. Antigravityece (talk) 05:37, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi - Thank you for getting the ball rolling. - Froid (talk) 05:51, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for improving it! Antigravityece (talk) 13:17, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Possessives
Monosyllabic singular possessives can be written with or without a trailing "s" (e.g., Jones' or Jones's). However, polysyllabic possessives - whether singular or plural, proper nouns or common - need no additional "s" after the apostrophe; instead they should be written as they sound (i.e., Dinkins'). This is an oft-debated topic, and various highly regarded style guides disagree, but a common-sense consensus for handling it is amply documented. For example:


 * See "the possessive form of proper nouns" [found by searching "possessive polysyllabic"] at
 * "The Possessive of Cervantes is Cervantes' "
 * Read the this Proofreadnow.com article all the way through

I think we at Wikipedia should adhere to the wisdom noted in the above-cited sources and summarized by About.com Guide Richard Nordquist at About.com>>Questions of Style: James' Web Site or James's website?" (January 21, 2008):
 * Most college writing handbooks also advocate the addition of s after the apostrophe--though The Blair Handbook (2003) does include an escape clause: "For singular nouns ending in s, it is always correct to form the possessive by adding both an apostrophe and -s. However, if pronouncing the additional syllable is awkward--as with last names that sound like plurals--some writers add only an apostrophe.

- Froid (talk) 01:05, 9 May 2013 (UTC)