Plural last name ending in “z”

I am not a mother tongue, but I would just use The Valdez in this case. The article is enough for me to make explicit that they are two or more. If it was only one you would have said just Valdez, isn't it?

But, as I said, i am not mother tongue... don't count on me saying the right thing...

Man says in Spanish 'los Valdez' ('the -plural- Valdez)

Valdez ends in sibilant. That makes..hm..at least the possesive "the Valdez'." The plural's "The Valdezes" though, I agree.

AO, there is no real consensus on whether the possessive should be Valdez' or Valdez's. I would suggest that either is correct. There are many respected sources that say one, the other, or both.

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE CARS, PORSCHE?! ALL OF THEM! AHH! *SCREAMS*... Just kidding.

probably plural is Valdezes, although it's not exactly set in stone, seeing as it's a non-english word. What's happening is that you're applying a fairly general english rule to a close-enough case and english is flexible enough for that to be acceptable. However, you should note that it is technically correct to use an apostrophe for "hard to pluralize cases", notably P's and Q's, so if you had a violent objection to integrating a spanish word into a spanish-english hybrid plural, then an argument can be made that Valdez's is correct (or at least not incorrect, if you're taking Who Wants to be a Millionaire to court after getting the final question wrong).

style guides generally suggest writing the possessive s where it is pronounced, so possessive Valdez's rather than Valdez' for the singular, but really it's optional

but yes, the Valdezes' and the Goodriches' (house)

The "ending with an apostrophe" rule only applies for the letter "s" (not z, x, sh, etc.), and only in certain situations: Jesus', Moses' and words in which the possessive "s" is not pronounced (boys', girls').

"Chris's" is pronounced so "Chrisses", it should end with apostrophe-s.

Valdez ends with z, and it's pronounced "Valdezzes" anyway, so it ends with 's.

Well.....I agree with most of the things you said. Anyway, thanks!

correction:

When speaking English and saying the plural of a Spanish surname, the name gets said the same as the singular.

A right-speaking English speaker says “Juan Valdez”, “Juan and Juanita Valdez” and “The Valdez”.

When speaking Spanish and saying plural of a Spanish surname, the name gets said the same as the singular. However, the singular masculine or feminine definitive article, depending upon the name, article gets changed to the plural definitive article.

So the Spanish speak says, “Juan Valdez”, “Juan y Juanita Valdez” and “Los Valdez”.

Valdez is not an English loan word. Thus, the word gets said as the native speaker would say it.

One more time!

When speaking English and saying the plural form of a Spanish surname, the name gets said the same as the singular form.

A right-speaking English speaker says “Juan Valdez”, “Juan and Juanita Valdez” and “The Valdez”.

When speaking Spanish and saying the plural form of a Spanish surname, the name gets said the same as the singular form. However, the singular masculine or feminine definitive article, depending upon the name, gets changed to the plural definitive article.

So the Spanish speaker says, “Juan Valdez”, “Juan y Juanita Valdez” and “Los Valdez”.

Valdez is not an English loan word. Thus, the word gets said as a native speaker would say it.

How do I put Marschuetz on an ornament when I want it to be love, The Marschuetzes is that correct or should it be love, The Marschuetz's

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I have now found your site through google and find them very interesting.

Unfortunately I can not soo good English and I have to look up very many words. Is there a way to translate the whole page somewhere?

I'd really appreciate an answer. Love Greetings from Germany

Google has a translation tool. You will find it in the "more" menu at the top of the Google home page.

Here is an example:

Google hat ein Übersetzungs-Tool. Sie werden es in der "Mehr"-Menü am oberen Rand der Google-Startseite.

(It isn't perfect.}

Wonderful Help. Maybe some words that people hear bin their every day lives.

Plural does NOT have an apostrophe - you never make words plural by adding an apostrophe unless you are talking about words like CD or DVD - then it is acceptable, but not necessary.

To make words plural, you add an "s" or "es" and the same is true for names. The Valdezes, the Smiths, The Williamses, etc.

You add an apostrophe to show possession, not plural.
I am an English teacher, so you can trust me. ;)

AM writing about a man & wife with the last name of GOODRICH and want to use their name but indicate I'm speaking about both of them ~ SO, how do you spell the name???

My computer adds an apostrophe, but that doesn't seem correct???
Thnx for your help!

@Larkin

Goodriches would be the correct plural.

@Larkin - I second Hairy Scot - I don't see any reason why surnames should be any different from other nouns - brooch / brooches, church / churches, Goodrich / Goodriches - as in this book - The Goodriches: An American Family

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/goodriches-dane-starbuck/1101351802

There are plenty more examples of "the Goodriches" at Google Books. Google will ask you if you mean Goodrich's, but all the examples of that I can see are possessives.

NB - There are some similar queries at http://painintheenglish.com/case/223

According to English ,we must add es to family names ending in Z,X,sh.

How do I put Depaz on a gift? Should it be love, The Depazes?