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2006-01-02
I was also taught to not put the 's' after s-sounds early on, and then taught the opposite (rather vehementently) later on in HS and college. From a linguistic standpoint, it really makes no sense to leave it off since "'s" is a clitic (that attaches to a whole phrase), not just some optional or irregular possessive suffix that goes on a single noun.