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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)
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 Source: Keeping up with the Jones’ or Joneses?
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
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
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
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?
apostrophe - Is it The Johnsons or The Johnsons - English Language . . . "The Johnsons" is the correct answer "The Johnson's" is a possessive form of the proper noun, as in the Johnson's house, the Johnson's blasé attitude towards telemarketers, The Johnson's willingness to run from danger, etc
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"
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