Them They ?

[Mekong]

First look at the context, Plural or Possessive.

The Plural of Lotus is Lotuses or Loti so not that

For Possessive both s’ and s’s there is no hard and fast rule, but usual to chose on and stick to it, i.e. either all s’ or all s’s.

it appears that you were taught English incorrectly.

But don’t worry many were, including us Brits the inventors of the damn language. Another bullshit rule is “I before E except after C”

So what about, Efficient, Science, Sufficient, Proficient and so on for after C words or Neither, Weird, Foreign, Leisure, Height, Protein for E before I after C

These so called “Rules” are just lazy generalizations made up by teachers who don’t know the subject themselves.

[cavanami]

Just looks strange to me...but my excuse.... I was taught American 555

[Mekong]

The reason it looks strange is because most people follow the S’ rule that does not exist, and S’s is rarely seen even though it is also correct.

[buffalo_bill]

After 3,5 weeks holiday in Portugal at the beach am I now a  people of colour ?