Timeline for The Jones's, Joneses, or Jones'?
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| Oct 24, 2014 at 22:55 | comment | added | Brillig | @tunny this may depend on your regional preferences. I have heard many people say (phonetic) "Mr. Jones ornamant" where they don't add an "ez" to Jones when making it possessive in speach. 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. So if a significant number of people say it that way it should be ok to write it that way, since the written form is supposed to indicate how it is said, as I understand it. | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 19:24 | comment | added | tunny | I would regard these as incorrect: Mr. Jones' ornament looks nice. The Joneses's ornament looks nice. The Smiths's ornament looks nice. | |
| Oct 23, 2014 at 18:44 | history | answered | Brillig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |