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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Proper way to spell Rushs(Last name- Rush)

Ordered Christmas Card- Signed The Rush's- They printed: The Rushes. Which is correct?
  

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Hi, If the surname is indeed Rush , then it's correct to say the Rushes . The whole family is called the Rushes . We don't say the Rushs , for example, because it's hard to spell it that way.

  • Hi, If the surname is indeed Rush , then it's correct to say the Rushes .
  • The whole family is called the Rushes .
  • We don't say the Rushs , for example, because it's hard to spell it that way.
  • So we add this e before the s , so that the surname becomes idiomatic and easy to pronounce.
  • What is more, it occurs many times in speech and other grammatical structures as well.
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Hi,

If the surname is indeed Rush, then it's correct to say the Rushes.

The whole family is called the Rushes.

We don't say the Rushs, for example, because it's hard to spell it that way.

So we add this e before the s, so that the surname becomes idiomatic and easy to pronounce.

What is more, it occurs many time

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