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| Depends on whether the lady is Mrs Turgeon or Mrs Turgeons. If the former, then Mrs Turgeon's ; if the latter, the Mrs Turgeons's. Mrs Turgeons' could indicate more than one Mrs Turgeon. |
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| Aglika's answer is the rule that I prefer, but you will sometimes see Mrs Turgeons' (if the name is Turgeons). There is disagreement on this point -- what do you do with a proper name ending in -s -- but "Turgeons's" is now becoming more popular. Some people accept the modern version for most names, but insist on the more traditional apostrophe-only version for classical names -- Archimedes' Principle, Jesus' parables, Descartes' philosophy and so on. |
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