... possessive ofnames containing several syllables if it would result in an awk-ward combination of sounds:Jesus' ministry NOT Jesus&apos ;s ministryXerxes' army NOT Xerxes&apos ;s ... -&apos ;s: anyone&apos ;s, anybody&apos ;s, someone&apos ;s, everyone&apos ;s, and so onThe predicative possessive forms of the personal pronouns,however, do not use an apostrophe:mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, ... name is used in the pos-sessive, the apostrophe alone is called for:the Browns' house, the Johnsons' boatPronounsIndefinite pronouns form the possessive by adding -&apos ;s: anyone&apos ;s, ...