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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
sake, sakes (nn.)
 
 
In idiomatic expressions similar to for heavens’ sake (also for heaven’s sake or for heavens sake) wherein the modifier—goodness’, mercy’s, righteousness’, or the like—ends in one of the sounds of the letter s, use an apostrophe or not, as you wish.  1
 
 
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