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Actually, both are incorrect. It is a long-standing misconception that the singular possessive of noun ending in “s” is ” s’ “. Actually, this apparently WAS the rule a while go, but since then the Modern Language Association (every English teacher knows it) has deemed this incorrect. The possessive of a single Thomas would be, awkward as it appears, Thomas’s. The exception to this rule is mythical characters, such a Zeus’ or Jesus’.
So the only way that “Thomas’” would be correct is if it were possessed by multiple “Thoma”s.
#1 by Anonymous on May 6, 2009 - 5:22 pm
Sorry y’all – this one is correct. The company was named by the Thomas family, therefore it would be Thomas’.
#2 by Anonymous on May 6, 2009 - 5:24 pm
…which is why the label below the packaging is incorrect: “Thoma’s 6-Pack Muffins”
#3 by Anonymous on May 7, 2009 - 12:49 pm
From Anonymous 1 to Anonymous 2:
Oh wow! I totally missed that. I stand corrected, they are indeed idiots. Put me in that pile too now….
#4 by Mathman on May 13, 2009 - 2:35 pm
What is funny though is that they got it correct in one place, but not the other.
#5 by Kevin C. on May 25, 2009 - 3:53 pm
Actually, both are incorrect. It is a long-standing misconception that the singular possessive of noun ending in “s” is ” s’ “. Actually, this apparently WAS the rule a while go, but since then the Modern Language Association (every English teacher knows it) has deemed this incorrect. The possessive of a single Thomas would be, awkward as it appears, Thomas’s. The exception to this rule is mythical characters, such a Zeus’ or Jesus’.
So the only way that “Thomas’” would be correct is if it were possessed by multiple “Thoma”s.