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We have tickets purchased for Mickeys Tric or Treat Halloween Party for Tues. Oct 28th
You are going to have so much fun at the party!
We have tickets purchased for Mickeys Tric or Treat Halloween Party for Tues. Oct 28th
Just a warning, they have been testing out a scanning system that makes sure your FP is valid for the time you are returning, which means no more using it after the designated time.fast past stratagy:From what I have read, the extremely popular attractions like Splash and Space Mtn. will often have return times 45 minutes later first thing in the morning, so you can get another Fastpass once that window opens. This is not a sure thing, so I'm not planning on it. However, Roger Rabbit's Toontown Spin is disconnected, so you can get this FP at ANY time, and it doesn't affect when you can get other FP tickets in the park. Also, after 10am, my DH will be at his conference, so I am going to collect FP tickets while he's gone. California Adventure and Disneyland are not connected on the FP system, so I plan to hop between parks to pick up Fastpasses. It may be a lot of walking, but I don't mind because it means that DH and I will be able to go on all the major rides in the evening together without huge waits. (In case you didn't know, you can use your FP anytime after the window listed on your pass, just not before).
Just a warning, they have been testing out a scanning system that makes sure your FP is valid for the time you are returning, which means no more using it after the designated time.
I have passes for the following and would be up for them on the 25th (as I couldn't readily go after work):
Universal Studios
San Diego Zoo & Wild Animal Park
Sea World
the proper way to sign one's family name in holiday greetings.
Which of the following are correct?
1. Happy holidays from the Smith's
2. Happy holidays from the Williams'
3. Happy holidays from the Smiths
4. Happy holidays from the Williamses
5. Happy holidays from the Smiths'
6. Happy holidays from the Williamses'
7. Happy holidays from the Williams family.
Only sentences 3, 4, and 7 are correct.
The first two examples are wrong for two reasons. First, the apostrophe makes the names possessive, and when we send greetings, the greetings are from us, not from something we own. The names "Smith" and "Williams" would need to be in the possessive case only if the greeting were from Jane Smith's hamster or John Williams's goldfish.
Second, they are wrong because they are singular. These greetings are supposed to be from an entire family, not from an individual, so the names need to be made plural. Yet when we place the apostrophe where we have it in sentences 1 and 2, we have made a singular word possessive rather than plural.
The middle two examples are correct because in both cases the words are plural but not possessive. To form the plural of any word that does not end in "s" or another sibilant (more on sibilants below), we simply add an "s." Thus the name "Smith" becomes plural when we add an "s" to make "Smiths."
"Williams" is a little tougher because it ends with an "s." Names (and all other words, for that matter) that end with the sounds "s," "sh," "ch," "z," or "x" (what we call sibilants) are made plural by the addition of "es." Thus the name "Williams" in its plural form is "Williamses." Here are some other correct examples of names that end in sibilants and are thus made plural by adding "es":
-- Happy holidays from the Bushes (plural form of the name Bush)
-- Happy holidays from the Birches (plural form of the name Birch)
-- Happy holidays from the Joneses (plural form of the name Jones)
-- Happy holidays from the Foxes (plural form of the name Fox)
The following names do not end in sibilants and are thus made plural simply by adding "s":
-- Happy holidays from the Swansons (plural form of the name Swanson)
-- Happy holidays from the Bradleys (plural form of the name Bradley)
-- Happy holidays from the Berrys (plural form of the name Berrynotice that we do not drop the "y" and add "ies" to proper names)
Sentence 7, of course, skirts the issue by making the family name an adjective. In this case, it does not need to be plural or possessive.
TEST YOURSELF: How would each of the following names be made plural but not possessive?
1. Knox
2. Thomas
3. Sawyer
4. Lewis
5. Riley
6. Marcollini
ANSWERS:
1. Knoxes
2. Thomases
3. Sawyers
4. Lewises
5. Rileys
6. Marcollinis
Yes this is DISign T- Shirts 101Wow.. I feel like im in English classIt did stimulate my mind though.
My last name is Gates. So it would be Gateses?
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How's the trip research going BH? Where are you guys going to stay? I'm alien lime green with envy about your trip. I hope you'll do a (((live))) trip report if you are able.
Sincerely,
LB
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O.k., here's my two cents on SW. I'm hoping you meant Sea World. I love Sea World since its acually by the pacific ocean! You can smell the ocean air (minus any smog). I don't know how changed the park will be since AB has been taken over. If you go to the AB pavillion, they'll give you samples. I wish SW orlando could pipe in the salt water smell w/o you having to get spalshed by a mammal.