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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Plural possessive as a name like Roberts
How do you form the PLURAL of more than one Roberts family. Like the Bill Roberts family and the Bob Roberts family...Roberts'?
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The plural of family is families: There are countless Roberts families in Lincolnshire. The plural of Roberts is Robertses but you'll be better off avoiding it here. CB EDIT: I just took a closer look at the title of your post.
- The plural of family is families: There are countless Roberts families in Lincolnshire.
- The plural of Roberts is Robertses but you'll be better off avoiding it here.
- CB EDIT: I just took a closer look at the title of your post.
- The plural genitive is formed by placing an apostrophe after the plural s: The Roberts families' houses are very beautiful.
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The plural of family is families: There are countless Roberts families in Lincolnshire. The plural of Roberts is Robertses but you'll be better off avoiding it here.
CB
EDIT: I just took a closer look at the title of your post. The plural genitive is formed by placing an apostrophe after the plural s: The Roberts families' houses are very beautiful.
CB
EDIT: I just took a closer look at the title of your post. The plural genitive is formed by placing an apostrophe after the plural s: The Roberts families' houses are very beautiful.
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