I did it. I got annoyed at how an invite was addressed to us

HisGirlFriday13

DH and I have a last name that ends in -s. Which means, of course, that the plural would add an -es.

I would have (more or less) gladly accepted the following forms of our names:

Mr. DH and Mrs. HisGirl Jones

Mr. and Mrs. DH Jones

The DH Joneses

I got twitchy when we got an invite addressed to:

The Jones's

NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. You do not use an apostrophe to make our name plural!! You don't use an apostrophe to make anything that ends in an -s plural, ever!!

/rant

KytchynWitche

I am so much behind you on this. So. Very. Much.

JennyColada

How do people not know this? It boggles my mind.

JCbride2015

AAAAHHHHHHH the apostrophe NOOOOOOO

HisGirlFriday13

I (not exactly jokingly) told him we should decline, since WE weren't invited, one (or more) of our possessions were invited. 

I wonder which one -- the couch? The vacuum? The kitchen table?

KytchynWitche

HisGirlFriday13 said:

I (not exactly jokingly) told him we should decline, since WE weren't invited, one (or more) of our possessions were invited. 

I wonder which one -- the couch? The vacuum? The kitchen table?

I stand by my statement of your wallets! ;P

mbross3

100% behind you on this. I also have a last name that ends in S and I see this way more than I should. Grammar, anyone? 

JMalettas

 This is embarrassing. Maybe an extra year of elementary school would have been a good idea. :P 

 

 It would be tempting to underline, capitalize, or highlight the correction, when you fill out the r.s.v.p!

 

 *J

Sugargirl1019

urbaneca said:

HisGirlFriday13 said:

I (not exactly jokingly) told him we should decline, since WE weren't invited, one (or more) of our possessions were invited. 

I wonder which one -- the couch? The vacuum? The kitchen table?

I stand by my statement of your wallets! ;P


Hahahaha omgsh, definitely your wallets were invited.

KPBM89

I love to copy edit (degree in comm and interned as a copy editor), so if I were to receive that, I would correct it and send it back to them.  I hate stuff like that and I do not blame you one bit for being annoyed by it!  

pumpkinsandturkeys

I wish there was some kind of system in place where, before a person gets to use an apostrophe, there is a form of checkpoint they must pass -- maybe a little alert that asks, "To which item under the ownership of this person/thing are you referring?", or, "Are you sure you want to indicate possession with that apostrophe? To indicate plurality, please remove and replace with either 's' or 'es' (for words already ending in 's')."

Now I'm picturing someone's pen or computer yelling at them: "Noooooo! Not the apostrophe!!!"

ETA:

climbingsingle

Ack!!! 

Every day I drive by a shop that says, "Modern Tattoo's". I die a little inside each time. 

KeptInStitches

I love "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" (the punctuation book), and I want to give everyone here an apostrophe-correction kit. You know, as more militant members of the Apostrophe Protection Society.

JennyColada

My mother would not pause to take out the red pen and send back the corrections with our RSVP.

She has a lot of tact.

pumpkinsandturkeys

@KeptInStitches -- I LOVE that book!

KPBM89

ClimbingBrideNY said:

Ack!!! 

Every day I drive by a shop that says, "Modern Tattoo's". I die a little inside each time. 

I wouldn't be going there for any tattoos with script....

pumpkinsandturkeys

hoppersgirl25 said:

ClimbingBrideNY said:

Ack!!! 

Every day I drive by a shop that says, "Modern Tattoo's". I die a little inside each time. 

I wouldn't be going there for any tattoos with script....

climbingsingle

Omg. Those are so bad!! It's get better. 

doeydo

Yeah, I vote for writing you and your DH's proper name on the RSVP in bold or highlighted.


@pumpkinsandturkeys I love the Hans Landa gif

NYCBruin

I see this all the time. I just don't get it! Why do so many people think this is how you make something plural?

KPBM89

This morning I'm looking at photobooths online to price some out and I went to TK first for some links and they had one for something called Tap Snap.  They didn't have prices listed so I clicked the thing to request a quote and on the side was a video of like how it works kinda thing.  In it, I saw on the tv screen in the video "See your pic's here..." I don't know if it's the company's mistake or the bar's mistake, but it turned me away from them.

Here's the link if anyone wants to see it: http://www.tapsnap.net/book-your-event

arrippa

doeydo said:

Yeah, I vote for writing you and your DH's proper name on the RSVP in bold or highlighted.


@pumpkinsandturkeys I love the Hans Landa gif

How else will they learn?

SammiNJonni

I just asked FI how to pluralize his last name it ends with an s he said add an apostrophe. So if FI was to write it you would be The Jones' ugh need to teach this boy grammer.