April 24, 201313 yr Oh now we're having some fun. Family names ending in "s" typically get an "-es" tacked on in order to pluralize. So... "We're going over to the Joneses' house for pizza." "The Stevenses are coming over for Maggie's birthday party." I can understand it in the second sentence, but the first one? Good grief. What if it's a first name? Nerlens' injury had a negative effect on UK's basketball team.
April 24, 201313 yr I may have to lie down pretty soon. Or is that lay down? The Bible makes me laugh when it says things like, "Adam lay with his wife Eve."
April 24, 201313 yr The Bible makes me laugh when it says things like, "Adam lay with his wife Eve." At least it was his wife. Not that he had a lot of options.
April 24, 201313 yr All the husbands were accompanied by their spices. Because their spouses had headaches?
April 24, 201313 yr I can understand it in the second sentence, but the first one? Good grief. What if it's a first name? Nerlens' injury had a negative effect on UK's basketball team. Simple. Just add his last name. :lol: Nerlens Noel's injury had a negative effect on UK's basketball team.
April 24, 201313 yr I can understand it in the second sentence, but the first one? Good grief. What if it's a first name? Nerlens' injury had a negative effect on UK's basketball team. The construction is good there. Other than the rare cases to the contrary, the general rule for me is to follow pronunciation patters when writing. If you were saying it outloud, you wouldn't say the double "s" so don't write it that way.
April 24, 201313 yr I can understand it in the second sentence, but the first one? Good grief. What if it's a first name? Nerlens' injury had a negative effect on UK's basketball team. That's correct the way it is, because there is only one Nerlens in this case. The apostrophe comes after the S to show singular possession. If the name ends in something other than an S, you go with 's at the end to show singular possession. It's where the plural possessive case is invoked where people get most confused. I love it when you drive by somebody's house and they've done the family thing in the form of a sign on their mailbox, or at the gate of their driveway. It's also fairly common with Mom&Pop style businesses. "The Walker's"
April 24, 201313 yr I am a Grammar Nazi and between texting and social media I swear I am losing my mind. And before I begin my rant I do want to stress that I am not a top of the line Grammar Nazi. I simply want people to spell correctly and use words like they were meant to be used. I have seen a sign on the front window at a place of business that used the word 'you're' wrong. Yes, the used the word 'your' instead. Am I the first to notice that the Grammar Nazi used the wrong grammar in that sentence? I think he meant to say "They used the word 'your' instead." Just saying
April 24, 201313 yr That's correct the way it is, because there is only one Nerlens in this case. The apostrophe comes after the S to show singular possession. If the name ends in something other than an S, you go with 's at the end to show singular possession. It's where the plural possessive case is invoked where people get most confused. I love it when you drive by somebody's house and they've done the family thing in the form of a sign on their mailbox, or at the gate of their driveway. It's also fairly common with Mom&Pop style businesses. "The Walker's" Should it be "The Walkers"? And how about that sentence I just put. Where does the question mark go? Before the " or after it?
April 24, 201313 yr :lol: That's a typo. Typos and the misuse of you're, your, they're, there and their aren't even related. Just as annoying unless you have no problem with me saying it this way thats a tiepo and juzt as anoing
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