Which is grammatically correct?

Question

If you are talking about something that Charles Dickens owns, would you say
Dickens's or Dickens'

Answer 1

When I was going through public school, it would have unquestionably been Dickens' (the word already ends in s so just add apostrophe). More recently, the possessive rule appears to have been standardised or generalised to "add apostrophe s regardless". Which format gets accepted and which gets red-circled probably depends on who you submit it to. A traditional, "old-school educated" professor/editor will insist on Dickens'. A more modern ("younger") professor/editor may accept Dickens's.

Answer 2

Dickens

Answer 3

Dickens'

Answer 4

Dickens'

Answer 5

Charles Dickens owns :

Dickens is correct b'cos the "owns" reflects the meaning of the noun " Dickens". Charles Dickens owns the Car.

Answer 6

Dickens' is grammatically correct.

If a word ends in an s like Dickens, the apostrophe to show possession goes after the s, so Dickens'. You would not add another s.

Answer 7

Dickens is one of the few names that does not _require_ the use of the 's to form a possessive (the other two notables are Williams and Jesus). However, do not take this as a general rule for singular proper names ending in s.

Actually, I take that back. Depending on the style reference you are using, it may or may not be a general rule. University of Delaware [1] and The Guardian [2] both are dependant on how the noun sounds (Socrates' suggestion, James's house); The Times [3] limits to classical names, while Vanderbilt University [4] limits the use of a trailing apostrophe to Jesus and Moses.
However, both The Modern Language Association (used to write papers and cite sources within humanities) and The Economist [5] require the use of the apostrophe+s on all singular proper nouns.

Answer 8

The correct form is Dickens'

Answer 9

Dickens's

Answer 10

Dickens' is the correct form.