Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for January 15, 2011

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    rotts  about 14 years ago

    Itā€™s ā€œthe Hendersonsā€™ mailboxā€ (more than one Henderson, so possessive apostrophe AFTER the plural).

    If there were only one Henderson, it would be ā€œHendersonā€™s mailboxā€, not ā€œthe Hendersonsā€™ mailboxā€.

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    Yukoneric  about 14 years ago

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    Dirty Dragon  about 14 years ago

    Just wait ā€˜till they notice someone using two spaces between sentences.

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    my_discworld  about 14 years ago

    thanks, @Night-Gaunt49! I was reading through to see if someone would get it right. Hendersons (because presumably there is more than one Henderson at the residence) and it belongs to all of them. Hence, Hendersonsā€™ or the box of the Hendersons.

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    pomdemonium  about 14 years ago

    And presumably there is more than one bagel available. But even soā€“Fresh Bagelsā€™ is not correct in this instance, either. (Oops. Two spaces between sentences. And I just keep doing that. Old habits die hardā€“but not hardly.)

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    robert423elliott  about 3 years ago

    How about the one that no one mentioned? ā€œOurā€™sā€? That can NEVER be correct under any circumstances UNLESS your name is ā€œOurā€ and you want to show ownership. Never happen! And, btw, I always have and, since Iā€™m 75yo, I guess that I always will, use two spaces! Not enought time left to convince me to change!

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