What does an apostrophe after a last name mean?

An apostrophe with an “s” after a proper noun indicates that the person, place or thing owns whatever noun follows his or her name. For example, “Mary’s lemons.” We know the lemons belong to Mary because of the ‘s.

When signing a card from a family do you use an apostrophe?

Rule #2: You never need an apostrophe when signing or addressing cards. (Apostrophes imply possession, which isn’t what you’re trying to do. You’re simply naming them in the plural.)

Is it the Johnsons or the Johnson’s?

If your last name is Johnson and you want to send a card from your family, simply add an “s”: The Johnsons (“Merry Christmas from the Johnsons!”). Only use an apostrophe when you want to make a name possessive. (“From The Smith’s” is always wrong, but “The party is at the Smiths’ house” is correct.)

Is it Dennis or Dennis’s?

For nouns ending with an unpronounced s, add apostrophe‐s. For singular common nouns ending in s or an s sound followed by words beginning with s, add an apostrophe if the term ends in s; otherwise, add apostrophe‐s. If a company or group name ends with an apostrophe‐s, use as is (don’t add or change anything).

How do you pluralize a surname?

Make Your Family Name Plural For most names, add an -s to make them plural. For names that end in ch, s, sh, x, and z, add -es to make them plural. *There is an exception to this rule: If your last name ends in ch but is pronounced with a hard /k/ sound, like the word monarch, add only an -s rather than -es.

Do you put apostrophe after family name?

Plural and Possessive Names: A Guide To show possession using an apostrophe, add ‘s for individuals (“Smith’s car”) and just the apostrophe after the s for plurals (“the Smiths’ car”). If a family name ends with an s or z, you can choose to use just the apostrophe (“the Williams’ dog”) or ‘s (“the Williams’s dog”).

Is there an apostrophe after a family last name?

Is it Russ or Russ’s?

Frankencaster is right. I believe that “Russ’s car” is correct….Another grammer thread, which is correct: Russ’s car or Russ’ car?

gudel Ars Tribunus Militum Registered: Aug 8, 2000 Posts: 2124	Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2001 6:36 pm
it’s Russ’ car, just like Chris’ new truck View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

How do you pluralize a last name?

The plurals of last names are just like the plurals of most nouns. They typically get formed by adding -s. Except, that is, if the name already ends in s or z. Then the plural is formed by adding -es.

Should the last name of a family have an apostrophe?

First rule of thumb: Never add an apostrophe when pluralizing your last name. That would make it possessive. So, no Smith’s, Curry’s, Nicoletti’s, Ivanovich’s or Lee’s. No matter how exotic or boring your last name sounds, you simply don’t add an apostrophe.