Simply tack an apostrophe onto the end of a plural name to make it possessive. the car that belongs to Jones → Jones's car or Jones' car. For classical and biblical names there are other rules. someone should do so.
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Special Rules for Classical Names. the city of St. Louis, or multiple St. Louises)Your face would look better between my legs. In fact, I once received a Christmas card from far-away family that was simply signed “The Jones,” because of how complicated pluralizing names can be. Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. John F James But wouldn't you agree that you're merely propagating an issue of misunderstanding rather than using proper forms of pluralization, and thereby: A)missing an opportunity for your reader(s) to learn proper usage; or B) assuming your readers know less than you do with regards to pluralization rules?nahh dude this post is totally correct. If the name is only one syllable, add -'s. Adding the “es” makes the name plural. Electronic manuscript submission to the terminal 's' is so unwelcome to some authors that they even add an 'e' (= Keeping up with the Joneses The singular For names ending in s or es and having two or more syllables, you usually just add an apostrophe. I fully endorse Harrop-Griffiths' view. 15 May 2008 I suggested last year that a couple with a last name ending in “s,” call them Mr. and Mrs. Jones, print wedding souvenirs with “The Joneses.” A drunken, soon-to-be Mrs. Jones reportedly yelled “What the hell is Jonziz?” The plural of Jones is obviously not Jones or Jones’, it’s Joneses.
But if you are going to the house of a family by the name Jones, the house belongs to all of them, so you want to make it plural first. The plural of Jones is Joneses, ‐es being added as an indicator of the plurality of a word of which the singular form ends in s, as in dresses or messes. W. Harrop‐Griffiths, Keeping up with the Jones’ or Joneses?, Editor—As a Welshman, I feel I must question the grammatical correctness of the title of your recent Editorial:‘Keeping up’ with the practices or possessions of Mr and Mrs Jones = Keeping up with the JonesesHunter JM. Ramses' kingdom. THEN you make it possessive. Jones is one of Search for other works by this author on: Hey, i am looking for an online sexual partner ;) I suggested last year that a couple with a last name ending in “s,” call them Mr. and Mrs. Jones, print wedding souvenirs with “The Joneses.” A drunken, soon-to-be Mrs. Jones reportedly yelled “What the hell is Jonziz?” There are very few singular Just because there is an “s” at the end doesn’t mean the name is plural, so you have to make it plural. lense) to the word. them: 'lens' is another. The plural of lens is 'lenses'. Submitted on 15/05/2008 8:00 PM GMT The -es pluralization is used for when the final 's' in the singular is pronounced (i.e. The LA Times provided a few other examples of plural possessives: The apposition of the much misused apostrophe to the word Jones does not pluralize it. Socrates' students. Plural first, then possessive. I have not complied a list of such nouns, but perhaps retired physicist
nouns, common or proper, in English which end in 's'. Messrs. definition is - plural of mr. How to use Messrs. in a sentence. My last name is Jones, so I get it.
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