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Where did Im Jonesing get its meaning from? I'm Jonesing for a little Ganja, mon I'm jonesing for a little soul food, brother (verb) jonesed; jonesing; joneses to have a strong desire or craving for something (Merriam Webster) Where
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?
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"
phrases - English Language Usage Stack Exchange MLA style and others recommend using present tense when citing published sources Their explanation is that "Smith notes that" is a signal phrase, and that signal phrases should have present tense verbs The lone exception seems to be APA style, which "dictates that writers use the past or present past tense when citing previous research," i e "Smith (2001) noted" or "Smith (2001) has noted
What is the origin and history of the word motherf---er? Most fortuitously for you, just a couple of days ago I stumbled upon a book that answers this and most any question one might have on the word fuck and its multitudinous derivatives — anyone who has the slightest bit curiosity about this subject would do well to check out Jesse Sheidlower's The F-word, a very accessible and fun book In writing the book, the author had access to the Oxford
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
You can contact John, Jane or me (myself) for more information Me Myself is reflexive: it denotes that the person (me) is doing something to that person (myself) and no other It's not correct to use a reflexive pronoun unless the recipient of the action is the person doing that action You can't mix you with myself You can talk to me I can talk to myself
grammatical number - Plural name apostrophe position - English Language . . . Like any noun ending in S, the plural adds -ES, so one James, two Jameses For possessive, just add an apostrophe: Jameses’ This formation common for last names (“keeping up with the Joneses’ spending habits”) but can also be used for first names For example, the dog belonging to James Smith and James Jones would be the Jameses’ dog