quick grammar help

[spanky]

in printing wedding invitations, which one of the following would be correct:

a.) michelle & tom's wedding
b.) michelle's & tom's wedding

thanx in advance.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: spanky
in printing wedding invitations, which one of the following would be correct:

a.) michelle & tom's wedding
b.) michelle's & tom's wedding

thanx in advance.

i would say a.)
and lose the ampersand

how about "the wedding of tom and michelle" ?

 

[DaShen]

Or just Michelle Tom Wedding

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: spanky
in printing wedding invitations, which one of the following would be correct:

a.) michelle & tom's wedding
b.) michelle's & tom's wedding

thanx in advance.

i would say a.)
and lose the ampersand

how about "the wedding of tom and michelle" ?

My money is on this one :thumbsup:

 

[BlueWeasel]

With coordinate nouns (Michelle and Tom in this case), the last noun takes the possessive form to indicate joint possession.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: spanky
in printing wedding invitations, which one of the following would be correct:

a.) michelle & tom's wedding
b.) michelle's & tom's wedding

thanx in advance.

i would say a.)
and lose the ampersand

how about "the wedding of tom and michelle" ?

thanx for the suggestion. i will pass that along 🙂

 

[jspeicher]

you are cordially invited to attend the wedding of....

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
With coordinate nouns (Michelle and Tom in this case), the last noun takes the possessive form to indicate joint possession.

Exactly.

You don't say "Dave's & Buster's", but "Dave & Buster's",

Another example


Or you could try:

"All of your weddings are belong to Tom and Michele". 😛

 

[DaShen]

doh these weren't last name, huh?

Go with Mosh's suggestion