Plural form of a surname?

Chandy · Aug 5, 2008

I have a family in my WIP whose last name is Jonas. How would I write this sentence?

"I walked over to the ________ with a grave expression."

What should I insert into the blank? Jonases? Jonas's? Jonas'?

Any help would be very appreciated!

maestrowork · Aug 5, 2008

Jonases.

blacbird · Aug 5, 2008

Agree with Maestro: Jonases. The other two forms are possessives, not plurals.

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dpaterso · Aug 5, 2008

Also see:

Last names as plurals and as posessives
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85673

This thread may end up merged into the older thread.

-Derek

ideagirl · Aug 5, 2008

Chandy said:
I have a family in my WIP whose last name is Jonas. How would I write this sentence?

"I walked over to the ________ with a grave expression."

What should I insert into the blank? Jonases? Jonas's? Jonas'?

Any help would be very appreciated!

Jonases, if you walked over to the family (some or all members of the family were standing there and you walked up to them).
Jonases', if you walked over to the family's house.

Plural form of a surname?

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