The writing of Mr. Jones' indicates possessive but no spoken ez. I have also heard other people who will say (phonetic) "The Jonesesez ornament" or "The Smithsez ornament" especially in the American South and West.
I've always heard that when talking about stuff belonging to either a Jones or many Jones, you'd write Jones' (pronounced "Joneses"). But recently I've stumbled upon a book which consistently uses Jones's when talking of a single Jones. What's the correct way of using possesives?
I'm Jonesing for a little Ganja, mon... I'm jonesing for a little soul food, brother... (verb) jonesed; jonesing; joneses to have a strong desire or craving for something (Merriam Webster) Where...
Yes. "Mrs." and "Jones" are separate words so a space must be placed between them. It may be worth noting that in Commonwealth English, no full-stop is included for abbreviations that consist of the first and last letters of a word, e.g. the American English "Dr. Jones" would be rendered "Dr Jones".
The plural of Jones is Joneses, ‐es being added as an indicator of the plurality of a word of which the singular form ends in s, as in dresses or messes. The apposition of the much misused apostrophe to the word Jones does not pluralize it.
How should you start a letter when addressing an entire family? Dear The Jones Family, or Dear Jones Family, I was discussing this with my wife and I preferred the former while my wife prefers ...
Mr. Jones and me are the attorneys general of the barrio. Maybe with a noncount noun . . . Pabst and Miller are the champagne of beers. Or maybe you could spin Royce as a postpositive modifier for a plural Rolls (cf. attorneys general above) . . . Model A and Model B are the Rolls Royce of hearing aids.
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