I guess what I really want to know is whether Matthewses is the right word for the plural of the Matthews.
The second doesn't look quite right. Even my friends who have surnames ending with an s would go for the former.
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Which would you use: "The Matthews' home" or "The Matthewses' home"?
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notunique · 25/10/2009 12:51
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