writers who take writing seriously. I also favor "Anais' perfume" over "Anais's perfume". The latter looks clumsy, especially in "Mistress's".

Another frequent tongue-twister, pen-braker is 'bitch'. Bitch's? bitches'? Many variants on that one.

Incidentally it's Anaïs, with one N and an "umlaut" on the i (should be left out in English texts - IMHO). And there IS a perfume by Cacharel called Anaïs Anaïs, so there!

Quote Originally Posted by acissej
If a name ends in "s", both s' and s's (Annais' and Annais's) are correct. The Chicago Manual of Style recommends Annais's, but I think the s's looks a little clunky and prefer Annais'.