Either. I just don't follow the example of the builders of a small housing development in the town where I grew up, which had a plaque at the entrance proudly proclaiming it to be Keats Garden's.
I'd say "Keats poems" (indeed I'd probably just say Keats, and omit the word poems), but I wouldn't follow that pronunciation through to every example, especially when in conversation involving lots of colloquialisms, including when referring to things that belong to one of my family members whose name ends in an S sound. But "Keatses poems" doesn't sound right to my ear.
Usually. Just as my pronunciation varies depending on factors such as who I'm talking to, where I am and which way the wind is blowing (sometimes with two different pronunciations in one sentence), so does my (99.8% of the time correct*) usage of apostrophes. (*What can I say, I went to an old-fashioned school which drummed it into us (and likewise my granny); ditto times tables.)
Re the headmistress, I suppose she might have just been having on off day - I do sometimes find when I'm really really tired I write (in fact more often type) uncharacteristic things (for me), like homonyms & stray apostrophes, despite the fact that it's been automatic to get it right since I was about ten.
I'm told they're now teaching the second in US schools, but it's far too late for me to shake the indoctrination of my youth. Not only is the first the one that looks better to me; it's the only one that looks acceptable.
But, like muninnhuginn above, after spelling it my way I'd pronounce it the way the second one looks-- "keats-es." In fact, based on past behavior, I'd say there's a better than 50% chance I'd go for the funny and say "keats-es-es."
I'd write the former, though both are correct, if only because it's one letter shorter (laziness!)
I'd also *say* the former, again because it's easier, also it can be understood as "Keats poems" where "Keats" acts as an adjective. Though I'd probably be even more likely just to say "a volume of Keats" since he didn't really write much significant that wasn't poems.
I'm pretty sure I *do* have a volume of works by John Keats, by the way. (Can't be bothered to go downstairs to check, esp as study/bookcases *still* not sorted since moved house so not always easy to find things.)
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The brickworks en route from the airport (no, not to eat!). Who knew Rome was a city of bricks? It shows you the marble, but is coy about the bricks.
Me, I would prefer Palermo or Perugia to Rome, but I'll take Rome over London.
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On the subject of apostrophes, my mum recently received a birthday card from a former colleague who addressed the envelope to Mrs....'s.
The former colleague is a primary school headteacher in her late fifties!
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Usually. Just as my pronunciation varies depending on factors such as who I'm talking to, where I am and which way the wind is blowing (sometimes with two different pronunciations in one sentence), so does my (99.8% of the time correct*) usage of apostrophes. (*What can I say, I went to an old-fashioned school which drummed it into us (and likewise my granny); ditto times tables.)
Re the headmistress, I suppose she might have just been having on off day - I do sometimes find when I'm really really tired I write (in fact more often type) uncharacteristic things (for me), like homonyms & stray apostrophes, despite the fact that it's been automatic to get it right since I was about ten.
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But, like
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And when it's raining, Lancaster is so much better!
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I'd also *say* the former, again because it's easier, also it can be understood as "Keats poems" where "Keats" acts as an adjective. Though I'd probably be even more likely just to say "a volume of Keats" since he didn't really write much significant that wasn't poems.
I'm pretty sure I *do* have a volume of works by John Keats, by the way. (Can't be bothered to go downstairs to check, esp as study/bookcases *still* not sorted since moved house so not always easy to find things.)