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How does one write the name of a married female and spouse in a list of . . . Mrs Jane Smith (née Jones) Mrs Cynthia Corning (née Stratton-Longbottom) Etc I'm not sure whether 'Mrs' or 'Ms' is preferred when the context clearly shows that the lady is married I'm old-fashioned enough to think it should be 'Mrs', but modern style might use 'Ms' The referenced URL did not place brackets around the maiden name
Where did Im Jonesing get its meaning from? Slang dictionary coverage of 'jones' J E Lighter, Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang (1997) traces the slang term jones as a noun to 1962 and as a verb to 1974: jones n {fr Jones, common family name; semantic devel unkn } Orig Black E 1 Narc a a drug addiction, esp to heroin
apostrophe - The Joness, Joneses, or Jones? - English Language . . . @tunny this may depend on your regional preferences I have heard many people say (phonetic) "Mr Jones ornamant" where they don't add an "ez" to Jones when making it possessive in speach 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
Joness or Jones? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange So: "Jones's" and "Horowitz's" but "the Joneses' house" and "the Horowitzes' house" (because they already have the fricative plural ending--which is not the case for "children's" or "mice's", where the s possessive is added to a plural noun)
grammaticality - How to address an entire family in a letter? - English . . . There is a case to be made for parallelism We use Dear Mr Jones, Dear Mrs Jones, Dear Messrs Green, Dear Dr Tyler, putting the honorific or title before the surname Using the same construction, I have seen, and occasionally use, the parallel usage Dear Family Smith
punctuation - Is the correct format Good morning, John or Good . . . Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
Where do you put the suffix when listing the last name first? Use a comma before Jr and Sr , but treat II and III according to the person’s preference Within a sentence, always use a comma after Jr and Sr , but use a comma after II and III only if they are preceded by a comma
commas - English Language Usage Stack Exchange "Are you, Mr Jones?" requires context to make sense, e g : I am a member of the committee Are you, Mr Jones? In this example, you already understand that the man is Mr Jones, and you are asking him whether he is a member of the committee In essence, the latter sentence is merely short for: Are you a member of the committee, Mr Jones?
Johnsons or Johnsons - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In the case of a name ending in -s (Jones, for example), form the plural and the plural possessive in the usual way: "Keeping up with the Joneses"; "I'm heading over to the Joneses' house " Share Improve this answer
keeping maiden name after marriage - English Language Usage Stack . . . If the woman chooses to hyphenate, (Mary Smith-Jones) I think either "Ms " or "Mrs " would be acceptable, and "Miss" would be wrong If her maiden name was first I'd go with "Mrs " if her maiden name was last, I'd go with "Ms " One other brief thing: I think a period is optional after both Mrs and Ms but is incorrect after Miss