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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Plural of name ending in "s"

what is the correct way to make a name which ends in the letter s plural?
  

Top answer

put ' es ' at the back

  • put ' es ' at the back
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put ' es ' at the backEmotion: smile
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If there are two people at a meeting who are called Jones, you could say, "There were two Joneses at the meeting.

However, although the general rule is to add es to the name it becomes somewhat cumbersome with some names. For example, it looks most awkward if you said there were two Culbertsonses at the meeting, or two Edwardses, or two Bateses.

But it is much better to rearr
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Thank you! That is what I would have guessed, but I needed another's input before I wrote it.
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what is plural of Morris
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How do you say...come say goodbye to the thomas'?
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Come say goodbye to the Thomases.
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no answer to the plural of Morris?
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Morrises... just like my name "Davises"
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Now how about the possessive of that.....is it Morrises'?

As in, that's the Morrises' cat.
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Yes.

That is Sam Morris. That is Sam Morris's cat.

We are going to visit the Morrises. I like their cat. They named him Morris, just like the cat in those commercials. The Morrises' cat's name is Morris Morris.

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