User talk:Watersurrounds

November 2022
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Wednesday (TV series), disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. ''We have a set of guidelines regarding possessive forms and apostrophes. Plural possessive forms ending in "s" only have an apostrophe added, while singular possessive forms generally have a "'s" added. See MOS:POSS for further information.'' Throast  { { ping }} me! (talk &#124; contribs) 18:33, 25 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello,
 * Thank you for the feedback. I don't do this much, so I appreciate the response. You sent a link to the part of the Manual of Style about possessives, but the instance of Addams' that I corrected to Addamses is not possessive; it's the plural of a name (like the Smiths or Joneses), which I couldn't find in the MOS. Could you please point me to the appropriate section of the MOS?
 * Thanks again for your time. Watersurrounds (talk) 18:53, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, you were referring to the Gates' mansion as the possessive in question. I had tried to revise that to match "Gates's autopsy" in Episode 5, which is correct according to some style guides -- but not Wikipedia's, so I will change that instead. Thanks again and I'm sorry for the confusion. Watersurrounds (talk) 19:06, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, you were right in correcting "Addams'" to "Addamses". "Gates'" without the "s" added is correct when it is used as a plural noun (as in "the Gates' mansion"). "Gates's" with the "s" added is correct when it is used as a singular noun (as in "Gates's autopsy report"). I totally understand that this sort of stuff can be super confusing, so I hope that clears it up. Throast  { { ping }} me! (talk &#124; contribs) 19:26, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * OK – that makes sense. Thank you. Watersurrounds (talk) 22:10, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Although, come to think of it, I disagree with "the Gates' mansion" (but I will leave the page as is). Gates, like Smith, is not plural. The plural of Gates is the Gateses (like the plural of Addams is the Addamses), so it would either be the Gateses' mansion or, better yet, the Gates mansion (as in the Smith estate, or the Barker farm, rather than the Smith's estate, which is fine, but the possessive is unnecessary). Watersurrounds (talk) 22:17, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Actually, I agree with you. I think changing "Gates' mansion" to simply "Gates mansion" is a good solution. Feel free to make the edit. Throast  { { ping }} me! (talk &#124; contribs) 17:59, 26 November 2022 (UTC)