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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Please help with this.
Watching a tv show last night with the name Jones in it. The name of the show is "Keeping up with the Joneses".
Now I always thought that you added an apostrophe after the first s to make it belong to that person or pertain to that person. As in Jones'.
It looks odd to me to add the extra "es" to the name.
Can you please tell me how it should actually be written?
Now I always thought that you added an apostrophe after the first s to make it belong to that person or pertain to that person. As in Jones'.
It looks odd to me to add the extra "es" to the name.
Can you please tell me how it should actually be written?
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It should be written as it was-- Joneses . This is the plural ( One Jones is here; two Joneses are here ), not a possessive form. Possessives use an apostrophe: Mr Jones's horse; the Joneses' horses.
- It should be written as it was-- Joneses .
- This is the plural ( One Jones is here; two Joneses are here ), not a possessive form.
- Possessives use an apostrophe: Mr Jones's horse; the Joneses' horses.
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It should be written as it was-- Joneses. This is the plural (One Jones is here; two Joneses are here), not a possessive form. Possessives use an apostrophe: Mr Jones's horse; the Joneses' horses.
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