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Diaz's revoltJFK's speechInanimate nouns—except <strong>for</strong> references to time—rarely take the possessive <strong>for</strong>m.a day's lengthbut notthe house's doorForm the possessive <strong>of</strong> most plural common <strong>and</strong> proper nouns by adding only anapostrophe. For special cases, see 20.2.2.politicians' votesnotpoliticians's votesthe Rodriguezes' housenotthe Rodriguezes's houseFor irregular plurals that do not end in s, add s after the apostrophe.the mice's nestchildren's literature20.2.2 Special CasesSINGULAR NOUNS ENDING IN S. Form the possessive <strong>of</strong> the following types <strong>of</strong> nouns withonly an apostrophe:nouns that name a group or collective entity but are treated as grammatically singularpolitics' true meaningthe United States' rolenames that end in an unpronounced sDescartes' Discourse on MethodAlbert Camus' novelsnames <strong>of</strong> more than one syllable with an unaccented ending pronounced eez, includingmany Greek <strong>and</strong> hellenized namesAristophanes' playsthe Ganges' sourceCharles Yerkes' ideasnouns in For . . . sake expressions that end in an s or an s sound<strong>for</strong> conscience' sake<strong>for</strong> appearance' sakeYou might instead rephrase a sentence that contains one <strong>of</strong> these exceptions. (For use <strong>of</strong> theabbreviation U.S. in this situation, see 24.3.1.)

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