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From: suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Re: Possessive plurals of last names
Message-ID: <743@terak.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 15:17:10 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 15:17:10 1985
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(1)  "There are five Johnsons."
(2)  "Mr. Johnson's coat is lost."
(3)  "The Johnsons' house burned."

However,

(1)  "There are five Jones."
(2)  "Mr Jones' coat is lost." If it is pronounced with one syllable
or
     "Mr Jones's coat is lost." If it is pronounced with two syllables
(3)  "The Jones' house burned." If it is pronounced with one syllable
or
     "The Jones's house burned." If it is pronounced with two syllables
-- 
Suzanne Barnett-Scott

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