Good morning... has there really been any recent progress toward an agreement about the marking of genitive for singular nouns that end in s? I keep finding disagreements and variations rather than consensus, mostly because style manuals differ and make exceptions and have their own particulars. I'm personally stuck on the pronunciation more than the spelling; "That's T ek-səs flag" in answer to the question "Which flag is that?" just sounds awkward to me, as does "Those areˈJē-zəs disciples." Thank you... -- John Chorazy English III Honors, AP Lit Advisor, *Panther Press* Pequannock Township High School 973.616.6000 Noli Timere To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/