Grimmer Girl here this week I have a quick and dirty tip about Bridget Jones' baby, a tidbit

about why we say we hit Paydirt, and a meaty middle about how to use and not use M-dashes,

and a couple of featured listeners.

And now onto Bridget Jones' baby.

I almost forgot that the movie Bridget Jones' baby is coming out this weekend until my

friend Stephanie asked, would it be Jones' baby with just an apostrophe or Jones' baby

with an apostrophe S after Jones?

Or maybe even Jones' baby with a J-O-N-E-S-E-S apostrophe?

It's a great question and I'm sure other people were wondering too, so here it goes.

Since it's just Bridget, she is a single Jones.

It is the baby of Bridget Jones.

Then, you can properly make Jones possessive two different ways.

Now a lot of people were taught one way or the other, but it's actually a style choice.

If you're following associated press style, you add just a lone apostrophe after the

S. But if you're following the Chicago Manual of Style, you add an apostrophe and an S

after Jones to make it possessive.

Looking at the official name of the movie on the posters, it looks like the filmmakers

decided to go with Chicago style because her name is written J-O-N-E-S apostrophe S,

Bridget Jones' baby.

And that's your quick and dirty tip.

You can make names that end with S possessive two different ways, with just an apostrophe

or with an apostrophe and an S. It just depends on which style guide you follow.

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