Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-34326521-20140901083457/@comment-34326521-20140903155042

Madlooney6 wrote:

Oneofthosedf wrote: Something I just wanted to ask: Are both Jones' and Jones's correct, right? I don't know if it's part of this (AE vs BE) or not but how is it supposed to be used on the wiki? I learnt as Jones' but my teacher said back then Jones's is right too. If the surname is Jones, Jones' is correct. I don't think Jones's is correct though I could be wrong. The correct way (or at least the one every English teacher I've ever had taught me) is the following:

If a word is plural and ends in "s", then just put an apostrophe to indicate possession. If it's a biblical figure whose name ends in an "s" (Jesus, Moses, and so on), or a plural ending in "s", just put the apostrophe.

No, the Bible thing is not a joke, and it is literally the only book that was mentioned with exceptions to the rule.