If you last name ends in a S, do you put an apostrophe or what do you do to pluralize it?

Question

Just wondering.

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Answer 1

1 Mertes, 2 Merteses. If it belongs to me, it's Mertes'.

Answer 2

If the word ends in an s but is singular, practice varies as to whether to add 's or only an apostrophe. (For discussion on this and the following points, see below.) In general, a good practice is to follow whichever spoken form is judged best: Boss's shoes, Mrs. Jones' hat (or Mrs. Jones's hat, if that spoken form is preferred). In many cases, both spoken and written forms will differ between people

Answer 3

To pluralize a family name ending in -s, you simply add -es. If you add an apostrophe you are indicating possession.

Answer 4

I have an S for the last letter in my name. I just put an apostrophe after it.

Answer 5

You should put an apostrophe (') because you're usually showing possession of some sort.

Answer 6

Apostrophe at the end. Jesus' for example.

Answer 7

If my name was Jones, and I wanted to pluralize my family, I would say the Joneses. However, If I wanted to say "the cat that belonged to Mr. Jones" I would write it Mr. Jones's cat. Hope that makes sense.

Answer 8

The rule of thumb is if it ends in an 's', you just put an apostrophy after it to signify pluralization. Otherwise you'd use the proper suffix....i.e. 's', 'es', 'ren' (children, for example), etc

Answer 9

It does end in a S but in my country we don't pluralize last names. So, it's not necessary.

Answer 10

You put an apostrophe at the end

Like this: Evans'