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excellency

Jul 2nd, 2012 01:40 am

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.:confused:

susan53

Jul 2nd, 2012 03:37 am

Re: 's

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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