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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Proper use of apostrophe

I want to put a family name on an item. The surname is Hughes I want to put 'The Hughes' but I don't know what the correct way to write this on a board is.txctt
  

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The Hugheses If you are making a sign to indicate who lives in a particular house, your choices would be: Hughes The Hughes Family The Hugheses

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  • The Hugheses If you are making a sign to indicate who lives in a particular house, your choices would be: Hughes The Hughes Family The Hugheses
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The Hugheses

If you are making a sign to indicate who lives in a particular house, your choices would be:

Hughes
The Hughes Family
The Hugheses
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In American usage: "The Hughes Family" or "Hughes" would be preferable to "The Hugheses".

If space is a problem use "Hughes".
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I agree that "The Hugheses" looks awkward and would advocate for The Hughes Family!
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Take up your dissension with

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm

...an AMERICAN College site, trying to educate its students in the use of correct grammar - an uphill battle, I would imagine.

(See towards the end of the page.
Whenever I get rattled
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What is the dissension? No one said "The Hugheses" is wrong - just awkward.

You suggested "The Hughes Family" yourself.
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The poster asked, what is the "correct" way...not, what would 'look' best.

I can't see the point of telling a poster the 'correct' way, and then dismissing that and advocating a personal choice based on my aesthetic taste,
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