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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
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?
grammatical number - What is the proper title abbreviation for . . . The plural form of Mister is Misters, and the abbreviations Mr and Messrs respectively (although UK English drops the periods) The odd spelling is because "Messrs " comes from the French "messieurs" So your example would be phrased as: Dear Messrs Jones, Smith, Bloggs, and Flintstone The abbreviation for addressing more than one Ms is either "Mses "or "Mss "; note that the abbreviation
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
Apostrophe s or ss - English Language Usage Stack Exchange On the use of so-called 'zero genitive', marked by a simple apostrophe in spelling ('), as opposed to the 's genitive, Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech and Svartvik specify in A Comprehensive grammar of the English Language (pp 320 321) that: In addition to its normal use with regular plurals such as boys', the 'zero genitive' is used to avoid repetitive or awkward combinations of sounds in the
Why do we cut a deal? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I hired a private detective to see if I could cut a deal In the above sentence, why do we cut a deal? Should I replace it with make a deal? Is it a popular idiom in the native English world?
differences - Versus versus vs. in writing - English Language . . . Fred Jones" Outside of legal documents, "versus" is normally abbreviated "vs " As to when to spell it out and when to use the abbreviation, this is a matter of the level of formality of the document Some "standard" abbreviations are accepted in contexts where most abbreviations would not be, like "etc " and "et al "