Jeeves and the Unpredictable Poet

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Title: Jeeves and the Unpredictable Poet
Pairing: Bertie/Jeeves
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: Jeeves and Wooster belong to P.G. Wodehouse, not to me. I'm certainly not making any money from this.
Notes: Excellent beta work by chaoschick13 . All mistakes belong to me. If you find any, I can fix them. About 5,000 words. And I do wish I'd have thought of this for Valentine's Day. If someone will set the tags, I'd appreciate it. I still haven't figure those out completely.
Summary: Bertie and Jeeves find common ground in poetry.
Warning: This story has enough sugar and fluff to rot your teeth and hurl you headlong into a diabetic coma. On the upshot, there's chocolate. I also had to post this in two takes. 

A question: As a matter of taste, how do you prefer to write Jeeves in the possessive: Jeeves' or Jeeves's? The first is acceptable, though the latter is preferred, according to a grammar Web site I consulted. I've used both, but I prefer Jeeves'.

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Comments

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

I will answer grammar question here, and comment for the fic on its own page!

The Jeeves'/Jeeves's question bothers me too! I personally use Jeeves' even though in almost all the Wodehouse books I own, it's written Jeeves's. In American Chicago style, both are acceptable. In fact, the Jeeves' is probably preferred in American, which I know is not a good reason for picking it, but it's what I'm most comfortable with.

I think as long as you choose one and stick with it throughout the story, you're doing fine. :D

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. As long as a writer is consistent, that's really all that matters, especially when were talking about Jeeves' this and Jeeves' that.

[hazeltea.livejournal.com]

Sweet and beautiful <3

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for reading and the kind comments. I appreciate it.

[closetofheroes.livejournal.com]

I had no idea which to use, so I looked to see what PGW did. As far as I can tell (it may vary according to edition) he seemed to use 'Jeeves's'. Which is grammatically correct I have no idea - I would have guessed 'Jeeves' '.

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

I think that extra s looks funny. And I know that's know way to judge grammar, but it just...looks funny.

[closetofheroes.livejournal.com]

That's how I usually judge whether I'm getting it right or not.

In this case, though, both look wrong to me.