The (Joneses)____dog lost its neck collar.

Possessive noun indicates ownership.

Plural possessive nouns end with an apostrophe "s" to the word.To form the possessive of plural noun that ends in -s, add an apostrophe (') to the end of the word. To form the possessive of a plural, the noun that does not end in -s, add an apostrophe (') and -s

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Choice A is incorrect because to show possession, we add an apostrophe and an "s" only to singular nouns. For plural nouns, we just add an apostrophe after the "s" (Joneses').

Jonesses

Choice B is incorrect because "Jonesse’s" is not a plural noun; it’s a singular possessive noun. Plural nouns indicate more than one person or thing, while possessive nouns show ownership.

Jonesse’s

Choice C is correct because it shows that something belongs to more than one person named Jones. The apostrophe after the "s" tells us that the Joneses own or have something together and in the sentence they own their dog.

Joneses'

Choice D is incorrect because "Jones" is a singular proper noun, not plural, and does not show possession.

Jones

Word given in the parentheses - Joneses

Plural possessive noun for the given word - Joneses'

Complete sentence - The Joneses' dog lost its neck collar.

Choice C

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?