A few days ago
nitejrny282

Is it Tess’ house? Or Tess’s house?

Never could figure out this issue of possessive nouns. If the noun ends with an “s”, do you add an apostrophe without the extra “s” or not?

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A few days ago
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It is Tess’s house
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A few days ago
Inquirer Informer
It’s Tess’ House. Positive.
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A few days ago
ML
If a noun (singular or plural, no matter) ends with “s”, put apostrophe only. This is a rule.So, Tess’ house.

Good luck.

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A few days ago
jon_santana
Tess’

If it is a singular noun and ends with an S, you only use the apostrophe.

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A few days ago
Adrienne B
Just an apostrophe at the end of the s is fine, and there is no need to add another s.
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A few days ago
just me
Either way is technically correct. Dropping the possessive ‘s’ just makes it look a little less awkward.
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A few days ago
Ashley
with a person’s name u add the ‘s’, so it would be Tess’s.
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