For example: Don’t forget to try Mary’s cake. Scott’s house is down the street. That cat is Allison’s. If the name already ends in “s,” you have two choices: simply add an apostrophe by itself, or add the extra “s.”

One method, common in newspapers and magazines, is to add an apostrophe + s (’ s) to common nouns ending in s, but only a stand-alone apostrophe to proper nouns ending in s. Examples: the class’s hours Mr. Jones’ golf clubs the canvas’s size Texas’ weather

When dealing with singular nouns, an apostrophe followed by ‘s’ is added to the word to show possession, regardless of whether the noun ends with ‘s’ or not. To illustrate this, consider the following examples: Charles Dickens’ s novels The woman’ s purse The cat’ s toy

The general rule is that the possessive of a singular noun is formed by adding an apostrophe and “ s”, whether the singular noun ends in “ s” or not. Let’s take some apostrophe examples: Bat owned by Tom – Tom’s bat Doll owned by Sarah – Sarah’s doll The children’s room The men’s work The babies’ crying A doctor’s patient