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Grammar - Christmas at the ..Sign

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smellylittleorange · 29/10/2016 12:50

Please help i'm confused - Christmas at the ..signs

Christmas at the Oranges'

or Christmas at the Oranges ( because there is no noun following...)

I asked my husband and he just laughed - when you look at all the signs on ebay/notonthe highstreet etc they are all different . I was sure I was right with the first option but reading on the internet I may be wrong..or I am reading American grammar rules - are they different??

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ChipIn · 29/10/2016 13:02

You need the apostrophe because it's possession, not a plural.

allegretto · 29/10/2016 13:04

It is a plural. You don't need an apostrophe.

MrsGsnow18 · 29/10/2016 13:04

Yes you need apostrophe assuming that it's short for Christmas at the oranges' house.

If it was Christmas with the oranges then no apostrophe needed as it's plural.

peaceloveandbiscuits · 29/10/2016 13:05

As mrsg says

allegretto · 29/10/2016 13:06

If you mean at the Oranges' home then it is possessive but it is also a question of style- I wouldn't put it. It use WITH instead of AT to solve the problem!

MrsGsnow18 · 29/10/2016 13:09

Yes I also prefer WITH.

smellylittleorange · 29/10/2016 13:22

I prefer WITH to but I can't seem to find any signs that say that. So just imagine Orange was my surname - the amount of signs that I have seen that say Christmas at the Orange's is truly shocking!

I am probably going to have to make one myself which was what I was trying to avoid ..my poncing skills are not up to scratch!

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smellylittleorange · 29/10/2016 13:22

too not to Blush

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peaceloveandbiscuits · 29/10/2016 13:26

No, you meant to

peaceloveandbiscuits · 29/10/2016 13:26

Oh wait the first to should have been too Blush

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