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Default Re: Apostrophes.

The Universal rule (i.e., American English and British English) is: don't add -s when the word ends in an -s, like this,

Cyrus' car :D
Spectres' existence :D
Vessels' peace :D

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I notice there are differences between US English and UK English,...
Yes. It's called the greengrocers' apostrophe. Click here.

All the best, :D
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