Yeah, any rule of grammar is liable to have several valid alternatives smile

Roger, of your three websites, I agree with this one:

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A second university website said you only append an 's if you pronounce another syllable after the name, e.g. lois-es would then be spelled Lois's, whereas a word like boys would only have a ' appended to it because you don't pronounce the plural, boys-es.
Lois' just doesn't sound right to me when I'm reading... but I'd definitely go with the Kents' kitchen, or whatever... or Lanes' dysfuntions... <g>

But isn't it a great sign that we've not only got people who know some grammar, but we've got people who *want* to know more? That attitude right there is, I think, a big part of the reason that we have such high quality fanfic. smile

PJ

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K