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Old 10-31-2018, 11:46 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by yourbestfriend View Post
...I'm liking what Peter's has brought so far...
This is going to drive me crazy this year...

The man's name is Bill Peters, not Bill Peter.

In the above sentence not only is the punctuation on his name wrong, there is not any need for it in the first place... "I'm liking what Peters has brought so far..."

If you are discussing an attribute or quality of Bill Peters, which would require the use of the apostrophe, you may then choose one of two forms:

"So far, Bill Peters' powerplay has been lousy."

or,

"So far, Bill Peters's powerplay has been lousy."

NOT,

"So far, Bill Peter's powerplay has been lousy."

It's Bill Peters. Not Bill Peter, and never Bill Peter's.

That is all.
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