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the HR manager #1 (permalink) Tue Aug 02, 2011 13:02 pm   the HR manager
 

http://www.english-test.net/toeic/listening/have_they_finished_painting_the_office_yet.html

1). Where is Mr. Rogers' office?
I think it should be: 1). Where is Mr. Roger's office?
and please tell me the meaning of :the HR nanager?

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the HR manager #2 (permalink) Tue Aug 02, 2011 13:22 pm   the HR manager
 

HR Manager - Human Resources Manager.

If the person's name is Mr Roger, then it should be Mr Roger's office.
If the person's name is Mr Rogers (which is more likely) then personally I would write 'Mr Rogers's office' but there is a trend towards writiing names/words that end in s as s' when adding a possessive apostrophe.
Compare both common forms:
Jesus' hands
Jesus's hands
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the HR manager #3 (permalink) Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:44 am   the HR manager
 

So both these forms are acceptable?:
Jesus' hands
Jesus's hands

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the HR manager #4 (permalink) Wed Aug 03, 2011 13:50 pm   the HR manager
 

It depends on who you present them to, but generally, yes.
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the HR manager #5 (permalink) Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:54 am   the HR manager
 

Please B. give the examples to:
'It depends on who you present them to' or explain more clearly with:
Jesus' hands
Jesus's hands
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the HR manager #6 (permalink) Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:32 am   the HR manager
 

Some scholars would accept the first version and the second version as correct. Some scholars would only accept the second version as strictly correct.
It is possible that yet others would accept only the first version as correct.

Outside academic circles, the majority of people would accept either.
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