If something belongs to someone whose name ends in 's' how do you punctuate it?

Question

for example, Elvis or Jesus and his belt...

That is ___________ belt.

Answer 1

Some of the answers you have received are incorrect.  I've been teaching this for years.  The singular possessive is always made by adding 's regardless of the last letter.  Therefore, Chris's car, James's book, and Gus's dog are correct.  Only use s' IF the noun is plural when it ends in s.  Therefore:  All the girls' coats were ruined.  If there are fifteen dogs, the dogs' collars were all blue.    If the plural doesn't end in s, add 's (children's books, men's coats, women's shoes).

      There are two exceptions to the singular use of 's.  They are (ready for this?) Jesus and Xerxes.  Don't ask me why.  Jesus' last days... Xerxes' father was Darius the Great.

Answer 2

That is Elvis's belt.

Answer 3

that is elvis' belt i think (laughing)

Answer 4

It's pronounced Elvis's, but spelt Elvis'.

Answer 5

You can do it two ways.

1. Jesus' belt

2. Jesus's belt

Answer 6

This is Elvis' belt.

Thats the correct way, and probably what your looking for, but recently it has become acceptable to write it with the 's as well.

Answer 7

elvis'

jesus'

just add apostrophe to the end. s's is WRONG at least according to grammar books and the SATs.

Answer 8

Elvis's

Jesus's

It's just the same as other people's names.

The only time it's at the end of the word is a noun.

As in the sentence,

The boys' room is dark.

Only if it is a group possessive.

Answer 9

I've always done it like:

That is Jesus' Belt

but you can also do "Jesus's". Either should work.