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Old Jul 2nd, 2012, 01:40 am
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hi everybody,
which sentence is correct?
1)this is Behnaz's bag
2)this is Behnaz' bag
and when i want to read this sentence shall i say "/Behnazes bag/ or/Behnazez bag/?or i should say /Behnaz bag/?thank you all.
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Old Jul 2nd, 2012, 03:37 am
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This is Behnaz's bag is correct, and you'd pronounce it as "Behnazez"

It's only when the word ends in the letter "s" that you have the option of writing eg either James' bag or James's bag
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