what is the correct way to write gerald f martin and shariot a martin if they are married?
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I'm not a rabid feminist or anything, but it's a big turn off to have anything addressed to Mr. and Mrs. My Husband's Name.  If you sent me a catalog addressed this way, I wouldn't buy anything from it.  However, if you mailed me a wedding invitation this way, I'd assume you were using an old fashioned wedding guide and still come.  I'd probably still buy you an okay present, too.\n\nBut when I'm doing business correspondence, I use Gerald and Shariot Martin.  Gerald F. and Shariot A. Martin would also be acceptable, but it's more unweildy.
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First, wife B and wife C cross; \nWife C returns;\nWife A and wife C cross;\nWife C returns; \nHusband A and husband B cross;\nHusband A and wife A return;\nHusband A and husband C cross; \nWife B returns; \nWife A and wife B cross; \nWife B returns; \nWife B and wife C cross. \nEleven trips in all.
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Lots of confusion about this sort of thing. But here it is. Contra most of those posting here, you DO add the apostrophe s after a singular noun ending with an s or z sound... and you also pronounce it.\n\nThus it is:  Marcus's (pronounced, roughly, Markus-ez)\n\nThis is, in fact, "Rule #1" in William Strunk's classic Elements of Style.\n\nAn excerpt:\n\n Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.\n       \n Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write,  \n      Charles's friend\n      Burns's poems\n      the witch's malice\n   \n\n[He goes on to explain the very limited exceptions]\n\nExceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names in -es and -is, the possessive Jesus', and such forms as for conscience' sake, for righteousness' sake. But such forms as Achilles' heel, Moses' laws, Isis' temple are commonly replaced by       \n      the heel of Achilles\n      the laws of Moses\n      the temple of Isis\n\nhttp://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html\n\n------------------------------\n\nThere is similar confusion when it comes to how to form the plurals and their possessives for nouns whose singular form ends with s/z.    The basic approach is similar.  That is, you almost always follow the SAME rules as for singulars that do NOT have such endings!  Combining the two, we get:\n\nJohn Adams (singular)\nJohn Adams's temper(singular possessive)\nthe Adamses (plural)\nthe Adamses' marriage (plural possessive)
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For business/formal address:\n\nMr. John Doe and Mrs. Jane Birthname-Doe
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It is a closing meaning: "Respectfully yours dear heart," and the writer's signature should follow.  \n\nH
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You're asking for a lot of trouble with this one - LOL!\n\nAnyway, I think you start the letter off with the greeting "Dear Mr. President," - I may be wrong, though.
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I believe they were married
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RSVP is correct.\nIf you mean to spell it out in full:\nrépondez, s’il vous plaît
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Just bring a mirror.  My wife did.  It worked out.  I am dyslexic.  Wait a second, she did swithc my first and last name during the vows.  Oh, Oh!
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Let's suppose that the father's name is Bob Hodge, the mother's name is Mary Hodge, the son's name is Tim Hodge and the daughter is Susan Hodge.  Thus if they put a sign on their mailbox it would read, "The Hodges."  This is the plural, thus indicating that there is more than one person with the name of Hodge living there.  Note that there is no apostrophe as there is no possession indicated.  It is simply the plural.  If you are sending an invitation to an entire family with the same name, you may address it to simply "The Hodges" although it might be more personal to write "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hodge and family."\nNow let us assume that Mary Hodge buys a car.  It is thus Mary Hodge's car.  This is the singular form of the possessive.  Now let us suppose that Mary and Bob buy a car together.  In fact this is the family car.  This is the Hodges' car.  This is the plural possessive.\nI hope this clears up the matter. Judging from the answers you have received already, you aren't the only one with this difficulty.
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Cousin in law I guess. 'once removed' means one generation difference and 'cousin in law' sounds right in your situation.
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My son has a lot of friends in his school from China.  Most of them kept their given names which we got used to after a little assistance with pronunciation.  If you want an English name, though, how about Gerald, Jerome or Jeremy?
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You would write, "his friend's wife".
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both the spellings are correct...it basically depends from person to person...what they wanna use....so take your pick
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The person who puts the obituary in can probably write what they like.  I would have thought 'partner of' would be more appropriate than 'wife of'.  The son question is a bit trickier.  It might depend on the length of their relationship and how the deceased thought of the boy.  If they had been together since the boy was very young and the deceased had raised him, then calling him son might be OK.  On the other hand, if the boy was an adult when they got together....
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I don't know where you're from, but in the United States "one thousand" is used a lot more prevalently than "ten hundred."  I have only heard "ten hundred" a hand full of times in my life.  I say "one thousand."  Since she is your wife she is going to win the argument anyways, so not much you can do!
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I prefer Andy & Leah.  It just rolls of the tongue easier.  While I am not a traditionalist, I tend to put the man's name first when talking about a couple.