![]() Noblesville, Indiana, syndicated columnist Curtis Honeycutt () will share his grammar wisdom each Sunday in the StarNews Insight section, usually on Page C6. That the plural of series is series is an even bigger pain in my flap-copy-editing. ![]() So, if you're considering adding your family's name on the back of your luxury yacht, write "The Millers." Adding an apostrophe will simply get you uninvited from those swanky boat parties, leaving you to sadly drink your boxed wine alone while you sadly stalk everyone else's happy boat photos on Facebook. If your last name ends with s, z, x, ch or sh, simply add es to make it plural: "Season's greetings from The Foxes." If your last name ends in any other letter (including y), simply add an s: "The Honeycutts are incredibly photogenic." Adding an apostrophe to your last name makes it possessive: "Did you see The Millers' cool new van?" "The Millers went to the concert" is correct. To make your last name plural, never add an apostrophe. plural faux pas words or behavior that are a social mistake or not polite: I made some remark about his wifes family, and then realized Id made a serious faux pas. But a misplaced apostrophe is like confetti at a funeral - inappropriate and impossible to undo. Specifically, when you want to sign your family's collective name on a holiday card or get it laser etched on a fake rock for your front lawn, how do you write it? Is it The Millers or The Miller's?Įveryone likes a good party (after all, that's why you're improving your grammar, right?), and apostrophes are like sentence confetti, adding a fun flair to your scintillating syntax. Let's start with your family - yeah, we're going there. ![]() By improving your grammar, your Facebook friends will rightly assume you've started wearing a gold-rimmed monocle while playing polo on your yacht. Good grammar is wonderful because it opens doors - to job interviews, romantic relationships and even elegant parties where people drink wine from bottles (I always thought it only came in boxes). I'm no grammar czar I'm just here to help improve your grammar and make your life more awesome. And, as soon as someone identifies himself as an expert, you can almost always safely assume he's going to judge you anytime you end a sentence with a preposition.
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