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this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2024
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What we really need to know is how to make possessive plurals of proper nouns that are plural but refer to a single thing.
Imagine a club called The Backstreets. Is it The Backstreetses'?
What about how to make plurals of proper nouns that are possessive? Like a restaurant called Your Grandparents'. Is it Your Grandparents'es? What about the possessive plural? AYour Grandparents'es'?
I think it may 100% depend on alcohol and/or THC intake, both of the person writing it and the person reading it. I believe those are the accepted rules as written in both the New York Writing Style Guide and the Chicago Writing Style Guide.
I believe it fits under the section titled As the mood strikes; grammar's mishaps's and bewilderment