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[Mark Mandel]

How did you *hear* the apostrophes? If you heard it, there were no
apostrophes, or letters for that matter. Just phones, most likely [kɪdzəz].

/'mɑrk'ɛ͡ɪmæn'dɛl/


On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 12:10 PM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> *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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