As I work on my photobook, I had to look up something that puzzled me for a long time. Do you put an apostrophe when talking about more than one family member with the same name? Do you write Smith's or Smiths. I've seen a lot of people write Smith's with the apostrophe so I looked it up.
I found an answer in a blog site called WriteShop.
OK... Now I know. NO apostrophe for plural family members.
I want to also remind some lovely people that it's awww not awe to express warm fuzzy experiences.
And it's yay, not yae or yea.
Then there's hunh? or huh? I looked it up in the Urban Dictionary and I guess either actually works.
Hmmmmm.... know of anything else?
OK... Back to work on my photobook. Sigh....
I found an answer in a blog site called WriteShop.
OK... Now I know. NO apostrophe for plural family members.
I want to also remind some lovely people that it's awww not awe to express warm fuzzy experiences.
And it's yay, not yae or yea.
Then there's hunh? or huh? I looked it up in the Urban Dictionary and I guess either actually works.
Hmmmmm.... know of anything else?
OK... Back to work on my photobook. Sigh....
It's good to know about that site, thanks.
ReplyDeleteYour photo book is going to be a treasure. I love the way you have gotten right to it.
I don't even wsnt to go there and realize all the mistakes i make. got into a discussion with a friend about national abbreviated is not nat'l without a period or natl. REally? so i looked it up online and told my friend who was an english teacher and she strongly disagreed and said the internet was not the source of all knowledge...lol!
ReplyDeleteI stumble with this and I sometimes have just added an apostrophe for plural possessive as in Smiths' which I guess I shouldn't do, but it seemed right at the time.
ReplyDeleteThe one that drives me crazy is its and it's. Even well educated people get this one wrong. here is no possessive "it's". Only when you can replace "it is" with "it's" is it correct to use that apostrophe. But I've gotten more mellow in later years and don' even get my feathers ruffled. Thanks for that website, I'll check it out! :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, I always do apostrophy's wrong, but I've given up. I am so pleased tho to see you this morning.
ReplyDeleteNice to know now but I can assure you I will forget when the it is time to use a word. LOL
ReplyDeleteBut how would you make The Roberts plural
ReplyDeleteAccording to the website it would be Robertses. You're supposed to add es to names ending with s.
ReplyDeletethanks, great info!
DeleteThanks for the confirmation!
ReplyDeleteWow, hard to believe but that was something I actually knew. Really rare for me as I usually have to look stuff up or just blunder along being blissfully wrong. Thanks for the site. Pretty sure it will be helpful.
ReplyDeletePlural nouns that end in –s
ReplyDeleteWith a plural noun that already ends in -s: add an apostrophe after the s:
The mansion was converted into a girls’ school.
The work is due to start in two weeks’ time.
My duties included cleaning out the horses’ stables.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/punctuation/apostrophe
And Proper nouns that end in -s IN THE PLURAL
ReplyDeleteRule 2d. Things can get really confusing with the possessive plurals of proper names ending in s, such as Hastings and Jones.
If you're the guest of the Ford family—the Fords—you're the Fords' guest (Ford + s + apostrophe). But what if it's the Hastings family?
Most would call them the "Hastings." But that would refer to a family named "Hasting." If someone's name ends in s, we must add -es for the plural. The plural of Hastings is Hastingses. The members of the Jones family are the Joneses.
To show possession, add an apostrophe.
Incorrect: the Hastings' dog
Correct: the Hastingses' dog (Hastings + es + apostrophe)
Incorrect: the Jones' car
Correct: the Joneses' car
In serious writing, this rule must be followed no matter how strange or awkward the results.
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp
And you a teacher! LOL. But seriously, thanks Kay
ReplyDeleteI always assumed it was that way
ReplyDeletewhat always confused me was the difference between it's and its. Backwards from what you would think with the ' being used for possesion for so long
Hi, Kay! I'm hoping that life is good and your biggest issue is when to use an apostrophe. :-)
ReplyDeleteYay is to say hurray; yea is to say yes,
ReplyDeleteI agree. Two different meanings and used at two unrelated times.
thanks. I am sure I have made these errors before!
ReplyDeleteAccording to good ol' Warriner's Grammar and Composition, if adding 'S to a singular noun ending in -S causes clumsy pronunciation, it's OK to add only the apostrophe. Therefor, I'd say Jesus' teachings, not Jesus's teaching., and Odysseus' travels, not Odysseus's travels.
ReplyDelete..and don't get me going on those who say they feel BADLY.
ReplyDeleteWhat research! OK, so is your name Kay Musings or are you having some thoughts and musing about them? Who, and how many own those thoughts? As a former proofreader, I hated it when I saw a commercial or print ad with errors in them.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Linda in Kansas, not the owner or possession of Kansas, just me, by myself, and I.
A friend is coming to stay with me and we will be working on a book about our trip to Peru. My daughter did a book for Terry and me about a vacation in Spain that we really enjoyed. These things should be fun to do, so I won't fret the grammar or punctuation too much!!
ReplyDeleteI love researching these things! As teachers, we notice things we taught, like public behaviour, and writing and speaking. I find errors in menus, and it drives me to distraction!
ReplyDeleteWe have a local farmers who has a sign: Fresh Egg's. sigh.