Holiday card senders: You are the Smiths, not the Smith’s

[Anonymous]

Please learn the difference between the possessive and the plural.

“Happy holidays from the Smiths” = greetings from all members of the Smith family.

That is all.

[Anonymous]

Thank you. I'm so tired of seeing the gratuitous apostrophe.

[Anonymous]

+2

Relatedly, "Saturday's are [not] for the girls"

[Anonymous]

And its Nordstrom not Nordstroms; Walmart not Walmarts.

[Anonymous]

And it's nannies not nannie's.
But I swear to God my third grade teacher told us to use an apostrophe to make something plural.

[Anonymous]

+a million, makes me bonkers!

[Anonymous]

Yes. My last name ends with an s so we use "The ____s Family" to avoid adding an "es." My SIL just sent out her card and totally botched it. Same last name that ends in s and her card said "The ____s" no "es" and no "family"

[Anonymous]

Shutterfly contains the error in its default on some cards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. My last name ends with an s so we use "The ____s Family" to avoid adding an "es." My SIL just sent out her card and totally botched it. Same last name that ends in s and her card said "The ____s" no "es" and no "family"

So it said like The Williams? Or Williamss

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. My last name ends with an s so we use "The ____s Family" to avoid adding an "es." My SIL just sent out her card and totally botched it. Same last name that ends in s and her card said "The ____s" no "es" and no "family"

So it said like The Williams? Or Williamss

Williamses (like Joneses, as in “keeping up with the Joneses”)
But I like The Williams Family a lot better! (And I don’t care how anyone signs their card - I’m just happy to see their smiling faces!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. My last name ends with an s so we use "The ____s Family" to avoid adding an "es." My SIL just sent out her card and totally botched it. Same last name that ends in s and her card said "The ____s" no "es" and no "family"

So it said like The Williams? Or Williamss

It said The Williams

[Anonymous]

Ugh, my husband was in charge of the return address and printed them all out wrong, I sent out about 20 before I noticed! I’m sorry!

[Anonymous]

I’m not the Smiths

[Anonymous]

You're a terrible band?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And its Nordstrom not Nordstroms; Walmart not Walmarts.

It’s Nordstrom’s (department store) which is still owned by the Nordstroms.
You’re right about “Nordstrom “ but many people use the possessive, which implies the (Nordstrom’s) store — similar to Macy’s.

It’s interesting— I frequently hear the possessive with department stores, but seldom hear it used for grocery stores. Wegmans is styled without the apostrophe although the family name is Wegman.