Apostrophe'''''s, when did the rot set in?
Discussion
El Guapo said:
Mopar440 said:
jamesson said:
Looks OK to me. Where's the pot/kettle factor?
Both Marshalla and myself can see it. Can't you?popeyewhite said:
The son does not own the primary school, and the parents do not own the evening. The girls do not own the toilet. Also quotes go within ', not ".
I agree that it is not possessive in the sense of ownership, but disagree with your implied assertion that apostrophes are incorrect in those contexts. You have over-simplified the rule."The school of the son"
"The evening for (or of) the parents"
"The toilets for (or of) the girls"
In all cases a possessive contraction should be (and is) correct.
As for the balderdash about inverted commas, well
marshalla said:
popeyewhite said:
The son does not own the primary school, and the parents do not own the evening. The girls do not own the toilet. Also quotes go within ', not ".
I agree that it is not possessive in the sense of ownership, but disagree with your implied assertion that apostrophes are incorrect in those contexts. You have over-simplified the rule."The school of the son"
"The evening for (or of) the parents"
"The toilets for (or of) the girls"
In all cases a possessive contraction should be (and is) correct.
As for the balderdash about inverted commas, well
Inverted commas are for direct quotes.These:
"The school of the son"
"The evening for (or of) the parents"
"The toilets for (or of) the girls"
Are all incorrect.
This:
'The school of the son'
'The evening for (or of) the parents'
'The toilets for (or of) the girls'
Is correct.
There was me thinking you knew your grammar.
popeyewhite said:
marshalla said:
popeyewhite said:
The son does not own the primary school, and the parents do not own the evening. The girls do not own the toilet. Also quotes go within ', not ".
I agree that it is not possessive in the sense of ownership, but disagree with your implied assertion that apostrophes are incorrect in those contexts. You have over-simplified the rule."The school of the son"
"The evening for (or of) the parents"
"The toilets for (or of) the girls"
In all cases a possessive contraction should be (and is) correct.
As for the balderdash about inverted commas, well
Inverted commas are for direct quotes.These:
"The school of the son"
"The evening for (or of) the parents"
"The toilets for (or of) the girls"
Are all incorrect.
This:
'The school of the son'
'The evening for (or of) the parents'
'The toilets for (or of) the girls'
Is correct.
There was me thinking you knew your grammar.
paulwoof said:
why does the word "sheep" not have a plural.
Look at that sheep - Implies you are going to look at a singular sheep
Look at those sheep - Implies you are going to be look at more than 1 sheep, Commonly known as a herd.
You would not say look at those sheep's as that would be ridiculous.
But then,
Look at the cow
Look at those cow's
Look at that duck
Look at those duck's
Look at that chicken
Look at those chicken's.
What is so special about sheep that the English language decided not to pluralize them?
Look at that sheep - Implies you are going to look at a singular sheep
Look at those sheep - Implies you are going to be look at more than 1 sheep, Commonly known as a herd.
You would not say look at those sheep's as that would be ridiculous.
But then,
Look at the cow
Look at those cow's
Look at that duck
Look at those duck's
Look at that chicken
Look at those chicken's.
What is so special about sheep that the English language decided not to pluralize them?
popeyewhite said:
Well this is a friendly place. Obviously discussion on points of difference, and admission of mistakes made is not how it's done on here.
Misuse of the eroteme btw Dibbly.
I know what eroteme means now! Misuse of the eroteme btw Dibbly.
(ps - you didn't really think this would be a friendly thread did you?!)
cypher007 said:
noticed a few cars over the last couple of months that, when checking them on the gov site and askmid are to say the least not leagal.
car one:
no insurance no tax no mot.
car two:
no record on dvla as its been marked as no longer on the road. it was very much on the road when I spotted it.
car three:
totally scrubbed to buggery on the inside front tyre, guessing the other side the same. mot expires march 2016? cant see him putting that sort of wear on the tyre in about 2 weeks.
so what gives?
car one:
no insurance no tax no mot.
car two:
no record on dvla as its been marked as no longer on the road. it was very much on the road when I spotted it.
car three:
totally scrubbed to buggery on the inside front tyre, guessing the other side the same. mot expires march 2016? cant see him putting that sort of wear on the tyre in about 2 weeks.
so what gives?
DibblyDobbler said:
popeyewhite said:
Well this is a friendly place. Obviously discussion on points of difference, and admission of mistakes made is not how it's done on here.
Misuse of the eroteme btw Dibbly.
I know what eroteme means now! Misuse of the eroteme btw Dibbly.
(ps - you didn't really think this would be a friendly thread did you?!)
popeyewhite said:
Went to take a V10 S8 out for a test a few years ago. Got to the dealers house - very nice farmhouse in the deep countryside - and saw he had a number of other 'distracting' performance cars in my price range. Got chatting, had a pre-test drive cup of tea in his kitchen and didn't really take notice of the trophies, magazine clippings, photos of drivers being 'champagned' etc dotted all around the kitchen.
Out on the test drive we took a bend that if I was pushing it might be done at..65-70. He went round, all tyres screaming, at over 100. This went on for about 20 minutes until he got bored and I drove us home. Turned out he was a consistent winner in some Porsche Cup race series, knew all the famous people that non-racing drivers like me have heard of, and name dropped the whole time. I thought he was a w
ker, but still bought the car. Not really a 'worst test drive EVER'..but it was pretty alarming at the time.
Out on the test drive we took a bend that if I was pushing it might be done at..65-70. He went round, all tyres screaming, at over 100. This went on for about 20 minutes until he got bored and I drove us home. Turned out he was a consistent winner in some Porsche Cup race series, knew all the famous people that non-racing drivers like me have heard of, and name dropped the whole time. I thought he was a w
ker, but still bought the car. Not really a 'worst test drive EVER'..but it was pretty alarming at the time.marshalla said:
popeyewhite said:
Went to take a V10 S8 out for a test a few years ago. Got to the dealers house - very nice farmhouse in the deep countryside - and saw he had a number of other 'distracting' performance cars in my price range. Got chatting, had a pre-test drive cup of tea in his kitchen and didn't really take notice of the trophies, magazine clippings, photos of drivers being 'champagned' etc dotted all around the kitchen.
Out on the test drive we took a bend that if I was pushing it might be done at..65-70. He went round, all tyres screaming, at over 100. This went on for about 20 minutes until he got bored and I drove us home. Turned out he was a consistent winner in some Porsche Cup race series, knew all the famous people that non-racing drivers like me have heard of, and name dropped the whole time. I thought he was a wker, but still bought the car. Not really a 'worst test drive EVER'..but it was pretty alarming at the time.
Out on the test drive we took a bend that if I was pushing it might be done at..65-70. He went round, all tyres screaming, at over 100. This went on for about 20 minutes until he got bored and I drove us home. Turned out he was a consistent winner in some Porsche Cup race series, knew all the famous people that non-racing drivers like me have heard of, and name dropped the whole time. I thought he was a w
ker, but still bought the car. Not really a 'worst test drive EVER'..but it was pretty alarming at the time.
That's how you play is it.OK, enlighten me, I can't see anything grammatically incorrect.
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