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Do you put s after Jones?
The Joneses’ house was for sale. You make Jones plural by adding “es” because it ends in “s,” but adding an apostrophe and “s” after that would make it difficult to pronounce (Joneseses) so you just add the apostrophe. Again, the main thing to remember is not to change the basic spelling of a person’s name.
How do you pluralize the name 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.
Is Jones correct?
With most surnames, you can simply add an s to the end of your last name to indicate the message is coming from more than one family member, for example, “the Patels.” If your name ends in s or z, as in Jones or Juarez, add es. The Joneses is correct because it indicates more than one member of the family.
Do you say the Jones or the Jones’s?
According to English style guides, singular possessives are formed with –’s and plurals with just an apostrophe, so the possessive of the singular Jones is Jones’s and of the plural Joneses is Joneses’.
Do you add an apostrophe s to a last name ending in s?
If a proper name ends with an s, you can add just the apostrophe or an apostrophe and an s. See the examples below for an illustration of this type of possessive noun. You’re sitting in Chris’ chair.
How do you punctuate Jones?
Jones = Mr. Jones’s. Some people favor adding only an apostrophe to a singular noun ending in s, but if you follow the rule, you can’t be wrong. If a plural noun does not end in an s, you must make it possessive by adding an apostrophe and an s: women’s; children’s.
How do you address a card to the Jones?
Use the plural form of the family name.
- Don’t fall into the trap of using apostrophes here.
- Following our example above, if we’re writing a letter to the Jones family, in addition to using “The Jones Family” as the first line of our address, we can also simply use The Joneses.
How do you add an owner to a name that ends in s?
Rule 1: In general, you form a possessive singular noun (both proper and common) by adding an apostrophe and the letter S to the end of the word. That’s simple enough. It’s when the car belongs to a person named Chris, or we’re talking about the petals of a crocus that the rules get blurry.
What’s the correct way to use Jones’s or Jones’?
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?
When to use an apostrophe in the Jones House?
Also, using an apostrophe for possession. The Jones’ house for ownership. Writing “the Joneses’ house” is a plural possessive and requires an apostrophe. When using the word Jones as an adjective to describe house, as in “the Jones house,” no apostrophe is needed.
Can you write Mr jones’pen with an added s?
For example, since most people saying “Mr. Hastings’ pen” would not pronounce an added s, we would write Mr. Hastings’ pen with no added s. But most people would pronounce an added s in “Jones’s,” so we’d write it as we say it: Mr. Jones’s golf clubs.
Do you add an apostrophe at the end of a place name?
However, if a place or country name is plural, simply add an apostrophe at the end (without an additional s ). Never add an additional s to form the possessive of a place name that is plural, regardless of which style guide you follow.