Do last names need an apostrophe?

Do last names need an apostrophe?

When making your last name plural, you don’t need to add an apostrophe! The apostrophe makes the name possessive. The last letter of your last name will determine if you add an “-s” or an “-es”. If your last name ends in -s, -z, -ch, -sh, or -x, you add -es to your last name to make it plural.

Is it Jones or 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’.

Is it love the Smiths or Smith’s?

A common mistake is to make the family name plural by adding an “s” — with an apostrophe before it. So if your name is Smith, and you’re signing your cards on behalf of the whole family, you’d sign it “Love, The Smiths,” not “Love, The Smith’s.” Names that end in “s” — like Jones — also tend to trip people up.

Is it Jones or Jones’s possessive?

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.

Is it Mrs Jones or Mrs Jones’s?

And since most people would likely pronounce an added s if the pen belonged to Mrs. Jones, it should be Mrs. Jones’s pen, rather than Jones’.

When signing a card from a family do you use an apostrophe?

Rule #2: You never need an apostrophe when signing or addressing cards. (Apostrophes imply possession, which isn’t what you’re trying to do. You’re simply naming them in the plural.)

Is there an apostrophe in plural last names?

Don’t use an apostrophe to make your last name plural. Apostrophes can be used to show possession—à la the Smithsʼ house or Tim Johnsonʼs pad— but they don’t indicate there’s more than one person in your family.

Is it Smith’s family or Smiths family?

The Smiths is plural for “Smith” and means there is more than one person named Smith and the invitation is from them all. When in doubt, we like to use “The Smith Family”. The Smith’s (with an apostrophe before the s) is the possessive of “Smith” and indicates one person ownership.

Where do you put an apostrophe in a last name?

– Love, the Thompsons – From the Westons – Yours Truly, the Clarks

What are the grammar rules for apostrophes?

Dave and Alice ‘s car (Both Dave and Alice own the car.)

Why do some last names have apostrophes?

– We are the Harrisons – NOT “We are the Harrison’s” – NOT “We are the Harrisons’”

What are the correct names for apostrophes?

– The girls’ swing set (the swing set belonging to the girls) – The students’ projects (the projects belonging to the students) – The Johnsons’ house (the house belonging to the Johnsons)