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- 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?
- 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
- 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
- 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
- grammaticality - How to address an entire family in a letter? - English . . .
How should you start a letter when addressing an entire family? Dear The Jones Family, or Dear Jones Family, I was discussing this with my wife and I preferred the former while my wife prefers
- 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"
- word order - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In a list of classmates, how is the name of a married female and spouse listed? Is the female given name or her husband's given name written first? How is the maiden name shown?
- 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
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