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name.rb
def possessive_name
# Profile name is a proper noun, so we add an apostrophe with or without 's' as appropriate
# e.g. Bob Smith's project or Bob Edwards' project
# See rule 1c. here: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp
name[-1] == "s" ? "#{name}'" : "#{name}'s"
end
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