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- Joness or Jones? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I've always heard that when talking about stuff belonging to either a Jones or many Jones, you'd write Jones' (pronounced "Joneses") But recently I've stumbled upon a book which consistently uses Jones's when talking of a single Jones What's the correct way of using possesives?
- apostrophe - The Joness, Joneses, or Jones? - English Language . . .
The writing of Mr Jones' indicates possessive but no spoken ez I have also heard other people who will say (phonetic) "The Jonesesez ornament" or "The Smithsez ornament" especially in the American South and West
- grammaticality - How to address an entire family in a letter? - English . . .
How should you start a letter when addressing an entire family? Dear The Jones Family, or Dear Jones Family, I was discussing this with my wife and I preferred the former while my wife prefers
- Welcome to the Jones__: Plural or Plural Possessive?
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 The apposition of the much misused apostrophe to the word Jones does not pluralize it
- Spacing after Mr. Mrs. Ms. ? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Yes "Mrs " and "Jones" are separate words so a space must be placed between them It may be worth noting that in Commonwealth English, no full-stop is included for abbreviations that consist of the first and last letters of a word, e g the American English "Dr Jones" would be rendered "Dr Jones"
- Pronunciation of Celt: kɛlt vs. sɛlt - English Language Usage . . .
Both kɛlt and sɛlt are considered acceptable pronunciations of the noun Celt and similarly of the adjective Celtic Is there a reason for the different pronunciations? Which is the more common?
- Should I put myself last? me and my friends vs. my friends and me . . .
The difference between "I and my friends" and "my friends and I" is purely a matter of courtesy - they are both grammatically correct I would tend to stick to the latter though, as it a) is more commonplace, b) is considered more polite, c) seems to flow better Indeed, your example of 'incorrect' usage is incorrect solely in that the first sentence uses the accusative (objective) pronoun me
- What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in ‑s?
Usually, the possessive is pronounced regularly, though the spelling may vary: Jones’ , Jones’s dʒoʊnzəz Less commonly, the possessive ending is unpronounced (dʒoʊnz), but the corresponding spelling is then Jones’ "
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