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.
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Date: 2011-07-03 11:46 pm (UTC)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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