Post #527175 by The Gnomon on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 9:21 AM

On 2010-04-29 12:45, aquarj wrote:

On 2010-04-29 10:35, TikiHardBop wrote:
You'll notice that they make some of their drinks with "Myers's" rum!

Hi HardBop - not to be picky, but actually Myers's is the official name as it appears on a bottle (take a look at a bottle - it's hard to believe, but there it is). So although that may be an error, it'd be an error with a LONG history from the maker, not that particular bar menu.

Personally, I like to call it Myers's's.

-Randy

I don't know about now (I'd have to check), but there was a time when a possessive ending in " s " had the personally discretionary option of being written " s' " or " s's ", both with the exact same pronunciation. There are lots of annoying options in the language (like "preventative" vs "preventive")"Preventive" has always been preferred as has " s' ", so most people are more comforatble writing it " Myers' " than " Myers's ", but both are correct unless they've changed they rules again.