However, if the name ends in a soft “s” sound, as “Princess”, pluralization requires an apostrophe followed by an additional “s”. My understanding is that if a name ends in a hard “s” sound, as “Jesus”, an apostrophe at the end is sufficient. Wasn’t sure if it was okay to end a name with z’ (as in Kambiz’). I ask because of the multitude of questions regarding things, pardon the paraphrasing, such as “The Jones’ Family Holiday” or “The Timmons’ Family Store” Does not the word Family carry the understanding of multiple persons? One might say that a line such as “The Timmons’ Family Store” would mean that this is a store that only serves the Timmons Family possibly the store that sells Timmons families? In a situation where there may be multiple Jones families on holiday such as a reunion, can one not simply use “The Jones Family Holiday” without having to resort to the rather cumbersome “The Joneses’ Family Holiday”? I’d like to think that despite the fact that there are multiple Members of the Jones family and multiple families, they’re all on the same holiday and thus “The Jones Family Holiday” would still be valid. Is it improper to use “The Yates House” in place of “The House of the Yates”? Would this not assume a possessive as well as a plural, aka “The House owned by those who are Yates”? we use “The Yates Clan” or “The Yates House” to show possessive while at the same time showing the likelyhood of multiple persons… Though not impossible, it would be far from standard to be a clan of one. The Ameses are coming home from vacation tomorrow. My son can’t seem to get enough of Sandi Finch’s fried chicken.Ĥ. The Ames/Amess/Ameses are coming home from vacation tomorrow. My son can’t seem to get enough of Sandi Finches/Finches’/Finch’s fried chicken. The Ortiz’/Ortizes’/Ortiz’s dog bit the mailman. The original proper noun is in parentheses.ġ. Please see our post Using Apostrophes with Last Names Ending in s, ch, or z, which provides more discussion and helpful examples.Ĭhoose the correct proper noun in each sentence below. Rule: To show plural possession of a name ending in s, ch, or z, form the plural first then immediately use the apostrophe. See Rules 1b and 1c of Apostrophes for more discussion.īill Williams’ car OR Bill Williams’s car Rule: To show singular possession of a name ending in s or z, some writers add just an apostrophe. Rule: To show singular possession of a name ending in ch, add ’s on the end of the name. The Churches have arrived but the Bohmbachs are running late. If a name ends in ch, but is pronounced with a hard k sound, its plural will require s, rather than es. Rule: To show the plural of a name that ends with a ch, s, or z sound, add es. But what if the name is Sanchez or Church or Williams? Apostrophes with Names Ending in s, ch, or zĪre you confused about how to show the plural and the possessive of certain names? Maybe you know to write I met the Smiths, I drove Brenda Smith’s Ferrari, and I visited the Smiths’ house.
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