Wednesday, April 25, 2018

What's the correct use of apostrophe here?



There are two men named Bill Bass. I want to write the following two sentences. I want the two sentences below to refer to both of them, as plural, not possessive. Is this correct?




I think this should be the Bill Bass' Memorial Picnic. That way it can be a memorial to both Bill Bass'




Answer



No hard and fast rule may be possible to state, but generally, a name ending in s takes -es for the plural and where required, the apostrophe comes thereafter.



cf. "the Joneses"




I think this should be the Bill Basses' Memorial Picnic. That way it can be a memorial to both Bill Basses.



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