Comments on: Franciscas’s Shellyss’s Beauty Salon

By: The Monster

The Monster — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:17:10 +0000

Even if the name of the person is "Franciscas", I would omit the s after the apostrophe, as I do when talking about "Howard Hughes' famous Spruce Goose" or "Jesus' mother Mary". I realize it's a Fielder's Choice, but we have to think about what happens when we form the plurals of nouns that already end in s, then make possessives of them:

Mr. and Mrs. Jones have a car. Would you rather call it "The Joneses's car" or "The Joneses' car"?
I prefer the latter.

By: Bitter Mac

Bitter Mac — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:06:55 +0000

yeah I'm guessing Franciscas and Shellys were not their given namess'ses's…

By: Gracie

Gracie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:33:55 +0000

Okay, maybe I'm having an off day, but…I believe the second sign (Franciscas's) is actually correct, providing the person's name is Franciscas. If, however, their name is "Francisca" then…it's as hilariously wrong as "Shellyss's."

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:53:11 +0000

Shouldn't it be haircut's and perm's???