Apsotrophe for plural possessive noun. E.g. Company Name

Question

Consider the following exemplary company names:

Texas Coffee Grounders

Mighty Chicken Wings

Super Pooper Scoopers

Should one reference the possessive form of any of the above company names, where should the apostrophe be placed?

E.g.

Texas Coffee Grounders's head office is based in Houston.

...or...

Texas Coffee Grounders' head office is based in Houston.

@EdwinAshworth Thanks Edwin but my concern with the referenced question is that it lacked specificity to company name nouns ending with a pluralised word. I.e. A proper noun. — Clarus Dignus, Jul 31 '16 at 15:29
@EdwinAshworth Understood. Rectified by marking as duplicate. Thanks for the clarification. — Clarus Dignus, Jul 31 '16 at 23:32

Michael · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-31T20:21:25.770

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Grounders' - Because you don't say 'Grounderses' when you read it out aloud. Refer to The Penguin Guide to Punctuation by RL Trask. Chapter on the apostrophe (don't worry it's only a small chapter) http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe

edited Jul 31 '16 at 20:21

answered Jul 30 '16 at 14:53

Michael

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You're assuming that the 'pronunciation governs correct form of punctuating' rule is universally accepted. It's not. Though it's admittedly pretty commonly adopted. // But this has been covered before on ELU. – Edwin Ashworth Jul 30 '16 at 21:50

Apsotrophe for plural possessive noun. E.g. Company Name

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