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[Barretts Mail]

I heard someone use “kids’s’” yesterday, which sounded normal to my ears. I suppose it does have to have the final apostrophe to indicate possession, but I’m not sure what to do with the first apostrophe. Here are a handful of examples that make it clear that only one apostrophe is needed. 

https://www.calvinklein.us/en/customerservice/kids-size-guide <https://www.calvinklein.us/en/customerservice/kids-size-guide>
Webpage title: Kids’s Size Chart

https://corralesartscenter.org/page-18214 <https://corralesartscenter.org/page-18214> 
Webpage title: “Kids’s Classes”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GkDaEmkAxY <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GkDaEmkAxY>
Best Of Kids's Surprise Reaction to Pregnancy Announcement

https://www.amazon.com/Saucony-Kidss-Inferno-3-Pack-Sock/dp/B07NGJNJ42 <https://www.amazon.com/Saucony-Kidss-Inferno-3-Pack-Sock/dp/B07NGJNJ42>
Saucony Kids's Inferno 3-Pack Sock Kids

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kidss-gelato-pop-making-class-tickets-63328703858 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kidss-gelato-pop-making-class-tickets-63328703858>
Kids's Gelato Pop Making Class

https://bright.com/rental-catalog/kids%27s-chairs/2255 <https://bright.com/rental-catalog/kids's-chairs/2255>
Kids’s Chairs

https://www.washington.lib.ia.us/children/childrens-images/kids-page/view <https://www.washington.lib.ia.us/children/childrens-images/kids-page/view>
Kids’s Page Banner

As JJM points out on https://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/the-kidss-are-all-right/ <https://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/the-kidss-are-all-right/>, confusion over apostrophe use will exist as long as the apostrophe is part of English.

Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
Formerly of Seattle, WA
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