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Harris’ or Harris’s? Apostrophe row divides grammar nerds

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The Associated Press says in its stylebook only uses apostrophes for possessive proper names ending in s.

But not everyone agrees and the Guardian says it uses the plural apostrophe.

If Kamala Harris wins in November , she would become the fourth US president with a last name in s and s and the last since Rutherford Rutherford .

Dukakis , now 90 , said in a phone interview on Monday that he doesn’t recall any similar discussion when he was the nominee. But he agrees with the AP . “It sounds to me like it would be s, apostrophe, and that’s it,” he said. The Harris campaign, meanwhile, has yet to take a clear position. A press release issued Monday by her New Hampshire team touted “ Harris ’s positive vision”, a day after her national press office wrote about “ Harrisseventh trip to Nevada ”..

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