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Where did Im Jonesing get its meaning from? I'm Jonesing for a little Ganja, mon I'm jonesing for a little soul food, brother (verb) jonesed; jonesing; joneses to have a strong desire or craving for something (Merriam Webster) Where
How does one write the name of a married female and spouse in a list of . . . To clarify - this is a list of older graduates Most are married and the female graduates normally use their married name However, in a distribution list of graduates, they would more likely be known by their maiden name So, what is the proper way to show the maiden name?
Welcome to the Jones__: Plural or Plural Possessive? 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
Joness or Jones? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 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?
commas - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Are you, Mr Jones? In this example, you already understand that the man is Mr Jones, and you are asking him whether he is a member of the committee In essence, the latter sentence is merely short for: Are you a member of the committee, Mr Jones? Naturally, if the context is different, the meaning of Are you, Mr Jones? also changes
grammatical number - What is the proper title abbreviation for . . . The plural form of Mister is Misters, and the abbreviations Mr and Messrs respectively (although UK English drops the periods) The odd spelling is because "Messrs " comes from the French "messieurs" So your example would be phrased as: Dear Messrs Jones, Smith, Bloggs, and Flintstone The abbreviation for addressing more than one Ms is either "Mses "or "Mss "; note that the abbreviation
Apostrophe s or ss - English Language Usage Stack Exchange On the use of so-called 'zero genitive', marked by a simple apostrophe in spelling ('), as opposed to the 's genitive, Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech and Svartvik specify in A Comprehensive grammar of the English Language (pp 320 321) that: In addition to its normal use with regular plurals such as boys', the 'zero genitive' is used to avoid repetitive or awkward combinations of sounds in the