If I wanted to properly write that there was a family named riggs and their dog was named Nathan,would I write:
A: The Riggses' dog is named Nathan. Or
B: The Riggs' dog is named Nathan. ??? Thanks
2007-01-17 15:25:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You could write 'B'. This is a correct way of doing it.
'A' is wrong because it is not correct in English to change the spelling of a person's name. That is what you are doing by adding an 'e'.
Another way of doing it is to say "The Riggs's dog..."
This is seen by some linguists as being more logically correct. (Michael Swan I think supports this form).
BTW some other minor corrections to help you:
'Grammar' is the correct spelling, not "grammer"
"riggs" needs a capital letter.
you need a space after the comma following "Nathan" and before "would".
PS. DeeDee wrote: "you spelled grammar wrong"
This should be "wrongly" because an adverb is need to describe the verb "spelled".
2007-01-17 16:49:06 · answer #1 · answered by Steve The Rookie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B:
or
C: The Riggs family dog name is Nathan.
2007-01-17 15:38:07 · answer #2 · answered by kevferg64 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, most people here are wrong. Let us consider a family named "Smith". When we speak of them, we call the Smith family the Smiths not the Smith. We use a plural
The family name is Riggs. We speak of the Riggs family but the Riggses. We use the plural form just as we did with the Smiths.
When we want to talk about family possessions, we use the apostrophe just as we would with any other plural:
The Smiths' dog
The Riggses' dog.
A is correct.
2007-01-17 16:59:39 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B or...
Nathan is the name of Riggs' dog... :)
2007-01-17 15:37:45 · answer #4 · answered by keyanato 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend, the correcr answer is the second one. Because you are writing about ONE family named Riggs.
2007-01-17 15:32:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No your grammar sucks, i visit't stand undesirable grammar and that i imagine it truly is nonetheless major. per chance i think this way because I had an really strict English instructor from fifth-eighth grade.
2016-11-25 00:35:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B. The Riggs' dog is named Nathan. Your're welcome.
2007-01-17 15:30:56 · answer #7 · answered by ra63 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B- Oh yeah, and you spelled grammar wrong. (Sorry I'm not trying to be mean, I'm an English major)
2007-01-17 15:31:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
b is right. a is what we want to say, or even what we do say out loud, but when writing it down you use b.
2007-01-18 13:26:12 · answer #9 · answered by Sam B. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B is correct
2007-01-17 15:30:09 · answer #10 · answered by ♥♫i♥bloo♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋