+Direction+.--_Correct these errors, and give your reasons_:--
1. The Bank of England was established in William's and Mary's reign.
2. Messrs. Leggett's, Stacy's, Green's, & Co.'s business prospers.
3. This was James's, Charles's, and Robert's estate.
4. America was discovered during Ferdinand's and Isabella's reign.
5. We were comparing Caesar and Napoleon's victories.
6. This was the sage and the poet's theme.
+Explanation+.--If an article precedes the possessive, the sign is
repeated.
7. It was the king, not the people's, choice.
8. They are Thomas, as well as James's, books.
+Caution+.--When a possessive noun is followed by an explanatory word, the
possessive sign is added to the explanatory word only. But, if the
explanatory word has several modifiers, or if there are more explanatory
words than one, only the principal word takes the sign.
+Remarks+.--When a common noun is explanatory of a proper noun, and the
name of the thing possessed is omitted, the possessive sign may be added
either to the modifying or to the principal word; as, We stopped at
Tiffany, the _jeweler's_, or We stopped at _Tiffany's_, the jeweler.
If the name of the thing possessed is given, the noun immediately before it
takes the sign.
+Direction+.
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