Wording Ideas
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Etiquette
The following grammar suggestions
may help you when wording invitations.
When
titles are used the husband's title always comes first
Doctor and Mrs. Warren T. Wilson Judge and
Mrs. Warren T. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Wilson
Without
title, the wife's name should come first
Susan and John Smith
With
the children's names added, the father's name should come first,
then the wife's name, followed by the children's names listed according
to age (oldest first)
The John Hopkins Family John, Elizabeth, Will
and Lauren Hopkins
Uses
of Jr., III, etc.
Warren T. Wilson,
Jr. Warren T.
Wilson, junior
John Lee Hopkins, III
(a comma should always precede junior, III, etc.)
Widow
or Married Woman
Mrs. Daniel York or Emily York
(Never use "Mrs. Emily York" unless she is divorced)
Use
of Plurals
When names end in "s", "x", "z", "ch",
and "sh", add "es".
Adams = Adamses
Wilcox = Wilcoxes
Menendez = Menendezes
Nash = Nashes
When
names end in "o" or "y", add "s"
Garbo = Garbos
Henry = Henrys
**Only
use an apostrophe to show ownership, never to form a plural.**
Happy Holidays from The Halls is proper (not the Hall's)
Come visit the Hall's beach house (not the Halls)
In
many cases, the plural form of a name is not desirable.
The word "Family" may look and sound better.
The Jones Family