" "What other means is left
to us?" "Your means are very slender, and your waste is great."
Proper Names
These are usually pluralized by adding s; as, the Stuarts, the
Caesars, the Beechers, the Brownings.
Titles with Proper Names
Shall we say the Miss Browns, the Misses Brown, or the Misses Browns?
Great diversity of opinion prevails. Gould Brown says: "The name and
not the title is varied to form the plural; as, the Miss Howards, the
two Mr. Clarks."
Alexander Bain, LL. D., says: "We may say the Misses Brown, or the
Miss Browns, or even the Misses Browns."
The chief objection to the last two forms is found when the proper
name ends with s, as when we say, the Miss Brookses, the Miss Joneses,
the Miss Pottses, the
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Miss Blisses. The form the Misses Brooks is objected to by some on the
ground that it sounds affected. On the whole the rule given by Gould
Brown is the best, and is quite generally observed.
Knight Templar
Both words are made plural, Knights Templars, a very unusual way of
forming the plural.
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