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MitchT
7,052 posts
78 months
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Codefaster said: I was in WH Smiths at the weekend and noted a magazine called HOBBY'S in the general/hobby section.
I haven't looked into this (there is probably an explanation I guess..) but it just looked so wrong! The company is WH Smith. Why do people always put an 's' on the end of a company's name? The other day one of my female collages said she bought something from Etams. No, you bought something from Etam.
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Darkslider
2,120 posts
58 months
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MitchT said: Codefaster said: I was in WH Smiths at the weekend and noted a magazine called HOBBY'S in the general/hobby section.
I haven't looked into this (there is probably an explanation I guess..) but it just looked so wrong! The company is WH Smith. Why do people always put an 's' on the end of a company's name? The other day one of my female collages said she bought something from Etams. No, you bought something from Etam. Smiths, Etams, Tescos, Safeways. Just something people do I guess.
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GKP
5,766 posts
110 months
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Darkslider said: Smiths, Etams, Tescos, Safeways. Just something people do I guess. Poor people, you mean? Others use Waitrose.
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mybrainhurts
71,610 posts
124 months
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dibbly_dobbler said: You'd think somebody, somewhere, would have a quiet word with the sign makers, wouldn't you...?
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dibbly_dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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  I'm on a roll now !
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dibbly_dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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 Ok thats enough of that ! see what I did there ?
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Titan Simba
14,677 posts
63 months
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This thread is giving me heart pulpitations.
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Dogwatch
3,551 posts
91 months
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Titan Simba said: This thread is giving me heart pulpitations. Preaching to the converted? 
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Einion Yrth
10,398 posts
113 months
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El Guapo said: The grocer´s apostrophe has been around since the mid-1980s. Strictly: I'd suggest that should be " grocers' ", since no single grocer is responsible. 
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dibbly_dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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Dogwatch said: Titan Simba said: This thread is giving me heart pulpitations. Preaching to the converted? Oh very good ! 
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Prometheus
Original Poster
367 posts
52 months
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It's shoddy and lazy and infectious.
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Dr_Gonzo
925 posts
94 months
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mybrainhurts said: dibbly_dobbler said: You'd think somebody, somewhere, would have a quiet word with the sign makers, wouldn't you...? I've often wondered, are sign makers generally thick or do they just write what they're told without questioning it? I saw two vans on the same day that both said "No Job To Small".
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Mr Whippy
17,879 posts
110 months
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dibbly_dobbler said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A790175 article say's said: There seems to be some primordial urge in writers of shop signs to use it to denote plurals. This is manifestly wrong.
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DickyC
9,585 posts
67 months
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If ever there are moves to get rid of the apostrophe, which I think I can use correctly, can we also get rid of whom, which I've always had trouble with?
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Sciroccology
29,908 posts
99 months
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DickyC said: can we also get rid of whom, which I've always had trouble with? As in a laydee's reproductive organs?
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DickyC
9,585 posts
67 months
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Sciroccology said: DickyC said: can we also get rid of whom, which I've always had trouble with? As in a laydee's reproductive organs? Chateauneuf Du Pape! Have I fallen victim to a terminological inexactitude?
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central
15,958 posts
86 months
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PH thread said: OFT bans Estate Agent's ;)
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Skodaku
1,644 posts
88 months
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GKP said: Darkslider said: Smiths, Etams, Tescos, Safeways. Just something people do I guess. Poor people, you mean? Others use Waitrose.
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ol
1,820 posts
77 months
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Dr_Gonzo said: I've often wondered, are sign makers generally thick or do they just write what they're told without questioning it? I saw two vans on the same day that both said "No Job To Small". Exactly. We had a bus stop put up outside our school when I was a lad. The school was called 'Queen Elizabeth Grammar school,' yet they managed to spell it 'grammer'...
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sublimatica
1,974 posts
123 months
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Those who continue to abuse the humble apostrophe in formal communication should be rounded up and posted to oblivion along with those who say 'myself' when they mean 'me', and 'yourself' when they mean 'you'. The majority of the police, call centre workers and estate agents would be included in this motley group.
'Certainly, sir. I'll post a form out to yourself and if you could post it back to ourselves as soon as possible please.'
I wish I didn't get so grumpy about this terminal decline of our language. But I do.
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