quick grammar help

spanky

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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

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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" ?
 

Powermoloch

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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

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

spanky

Lifer
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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 :)
 

Noema

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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". :p