Jul 26, 2011 · 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).

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 …

Mar 20, 2011 · 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.

Nov 28, 2015 · "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.

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Aug 5, 2018 · 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

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. …

Jan 23, 2012 · Dear Messrs. Jones, Smith, Bloggs, and Flintstone. The abbreviation for addressing more than one Ms. is either "Mses."or "Mss."; note that the abbreviation "Mmes." (from the French "mesdames") is used for the pural of "Mrs." If it's mixed between two genders, use the appropriate honorific for each set and join them with "and". So for instance:

Nov 2, 2011 · 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.

Nov 28, 2019 · 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: