Thanks in advance!

Incorrect: the teeths' roots “The Tantoulouses” is correct. Ex. If it’s singular, whether a surname or first name, it should be apostrophe + “s.” I don’t care whether it’s James or John, Jones or Smith.

Correct: He's a United States citizen. In the past I have done “The Jones'” but I’m not sure that is right.

Writing “The Joneses’ Family Holiday,” indicates that it is the family holiday of the Joneses. If you’re talking about something that belongs to him, always add apostrophe “s.” For example, James’s bike. So my question is… which of the two ways for my last name to show possession is MORE appropriate? Doing the weddings invitations… Correct: the Joneses' car. Remembering Jane Straus | May 18, 1954—February 25, 2011 | Author of the original Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation. He has titled his book….Jones Sugaring. Straus’ and Straus’s would be pronounced as strauses (or strausez). I drove Brenda Smith’s Ferrari. Rule 1c. By the way, I am purposely placing punctuation after quotation marks because I have found that to do it in the conventional way tends to cause ambiguity and inconsistency.

We are pleased to hear that you also care about English usage. Incorrect: Maribel and my home

Sorry, still confused a bit. I ask because of the multitude of questions regarding things, pardon the paraphrasing, such as “The Jones’ Family Holiday” or “The Timmons’ Family Store” Does not the word Family carry the understanding of multiple persons? Our Rules for Apostrophes apply to nonliving things as well as people and animals.
We revised the rule and added an example to the blog to clarify this point. Yes; however, unless this is a title, there is no reason to capitalize schedule. [Note the rule still applies, despite the irregular plural in this case. She asked how to “punctuate” the last name Jones as an alternative to writing “the Jones family.” In other words, she was asking about the spelling of the plural and whether or not an apostrophe was necessary. For example “Dumas” pronounced “Duma” or the same in DeMarais. I have not found any reference to pluralize a silent s. Thank you for your help! We recommend “Hollises.”. Rule 2e. There is no right answer; the best advice is to choose a formula and stay consistent. Others also add another s.” Either Luke McGuinness’s car or Luke McGuinness’ car is acceptable in writing, but you would likely say McGuinness’s. I’m just wondering why the letter “s” is removed in the word Philippines to show its possession. Remembering Jane Straus | May 18, 1954—February 25, 2011 | Author of the original Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation. While most of our site should function with out, we recommend turning it back on for a better experience. Following the rules, the plural form of the family name Fenech would be Feneches. Your work-around of painting “The Jones Family” works too! And not just “The Cox” ? Can you answer this – Is it

How about the last name “Skeoch” pronounced “Skew”? 's to give the s separation from the second period. You can write either Chris’ or Chris’s, Rus’ or Rus’s. Hercules? The correct word is till, which is many centuries older than until. I’m certainly not suggesting that we should omit the syllable when speaking (Jarvis’ and Jarvis would then be indistinguishable); rather, what I find troubling is the fact that some writers opt for the “cleaner look” of dropping the s at the expense of creating a whole new category of pronunciation anomaly. Should i put Anacrusis’ son or Anacrusis’s son? For years, I wrote Miss Fernandes’s classroom because it is what I prefer. It is rare that I encounter anyone who does. To show singular possession of a name not ending in s (even if ending with an s sound, like your example) use the apostrophe and an s.

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