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Subject:Possessive of a name that ends in X From:"Sigrid A. Schoepel" <sas -at- WIGGINS -dot- PENTATECHINC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:54:39 -0500
How would you punctuate a name that ends in X to make it possessive?
Ajax'
Ajax's
We've looked in The New York Public Library Writer's Guide (nothing close) and Chicago (6.19-6.20). We are still wondering, can anyone help?
Our conclusion thus far is to use Ajax's.
Thanks,
Sigrid Schoepel
Senior Technical Writer
sas -at- pentatechinc -dot- com
Penta Technologies, Inc.
250 S. Executive Dr., Suite 201
Brookfield, WI 53005
The views expressed herein are mine, and do not necessarily represent those of Penta Technologies, Inc.
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