Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Odile Sullivan-Tarazi
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> **
>
> Julie,
>
> I don't know which style guide your writing environment follows, but the
> general publishing standard, as expressed by _The Chicago Manual of Style_,
> for the possessive form would be _Titus's_. (_Chicago_ 16, par. 7.16)
>
> The alternate form (the apostrophe only, omitting the _s_ that follows)
> was typically applied to those cases of proper names of two syllables or
> more ending in an _eez_ sound, or of words and names ending in an
> unpronounced _s_. That's my understanding. This guideline is spelled out in
> _Chicago_ 15, pars. 7.20 and 7.21, and abandoned in _Chicago_ 16_, pars.
> 7.17 and 7.18.
>
> The MLA handbook would seem to agree. In the 7th ed, at 3.2.7e, the
> guideline to add the apostrophe and an _s_ to any singular proper noun
> appears, with these examples --
>
>      Venus's beauty
>
>      Dickens's reputation
>
>
> As for the plural form, I would think it would be _Tituses_.
>
>
> Odile
>
>
>
>
> What is the correct spelling of the plural and possessive forms of the
> proper name* Titus?*
>
> Tituses?  Titus'?  Titus's?  Some handbooks favor the apostrophe here;
> others prefer the apostrophe and s.
>
> Many thanks for your help!
>
> Julie Suarez Hayes
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  Many thanks, Odile!
  Very helpful.

    Julie

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