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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Confused! Please, help!

Hello!

Please,explain me. If the correct is to say: The Ford's family or The Ford family; The Thompson's family or The Thompson family, The Oliveira's family or The Oliveira family...So how to explain what I saw in a book : The Andersons' house, e.g?

And in the case of a family with a last name "Médicis"? What should I write, besides The Medicis family ?

Best wishes,

Adrian
  

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You should use the last name (as an adjective) in front of the word family : - The For d family - The Thompso n family - The Oliveir a family - The Médic is family "The Andersons" means all of the people in the Anderson family. e. the house belongs to the people in the Anderson family).

— Yankee

  • You should use the last name (as an adjective) in front of the word family : - The For d family - The Thompso n family - The Oliveir a family - The Médic is family "The Andersons" means all of the people in the Anderson family.
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  • the house belongs to the people in the Anderson family).
  • I suppose I would form the plural of Médic is by adding '-es': Médic is es
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You should use the last name (as an adjective) in front of the word family:
- The Ford family
- The Thompson family
- The Oliveira family
- The Médicis family

"The Andersons" means all of the people in the Anderson family. The Andersons' house is the possessive form to use when you are re
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Thank you very much, Yankee!

Best wishes,

Adrian
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