Learn English – How to correctly use the possessive apostrophe with a parenthetical citation

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Is the apostrophe in the right place in the following sentence?

Pendleton, et al. (2002)’s research implies that extension of treatment allows for greater weight loss.

Best Answer

Logic suggests that, but it's pretty ugly. No one is coercing you into using the ’s mark of the possessive, and it would be much nicer to rewrite it as:

The research of Pendleton et al. (2002) implies that…

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