This is popping up in blog after blog and dozens of news stories, but
I'm having trouble pinning down the correct grammatical form. I asked
on my Facebook and a few people have weighed in (including Ed from
this list -- thanks, Ed). I thought I'd throw it open to the
braintrust at large and see what everyone thinks.

When referencing the Bush family, would I write "The Bushes are
blue-bloods," "The Bush's are blue-bloods," or "The Bushs are
blue-bloods"? An article I just read used the apostrophe and I don't
believe that is accurate. I believe the last option "The Bushs" is the
correct one, but it is tough to Google the concept of a collective
proper noun which happens to be the same as an irregular noun.

Does the rule of adding -es to make a noun ending in H plural apply to
the names of people? I don't believe it does, but I can't find
clarification one way or the other. I see so many Russian names like
Ivanovich or Petravich, and adding -es to them doesn't seem right. But
I don't know.

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

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