Apostrophe'''''s, when did the rot set in?

[Osinjak]

Mr Teddy Bear said:

Who buy's a different car without getting an insurance quote first ? apart from angry dog doh!

[jamesson]

andymc said:

whats the car? where are the trader's based

[El Guapo]

Charybdis said:

I think Porsches with it´s engineering ability and it´s history had deserved different treatment by it´s strategists and marketing gurus.

[CoolHands]

help please

how would I write

"ALL the existing building's neighbouring properties to the (south) are only 3 stories. They are cherry-picking the favourable fact while ignoring the inconvenient one, and wish to extend the 4-storey buildings' creep into 3-story territory."

the bold bit. is that correct?

[Einion Yrth]

CoolHands said:

help please

how would I write

"ALL the existing building's neighbouring properties to the (south) are only 3 stories. They are cherry-picking the favourable fact while ignoring the inconvenient one, and wish to extend the 4-storey buildings' creep into 3-story territory."

the bold bit. is that correct?

That is the correct way to form the possessive of most plural English nouns, yes.

[glenrobbo]

I am looking to commission a trophy for an event and perusing a catalogue today, I found this:

[Magic919]

NDA said:

It may be a slow news day, but there's a lot of reporting about Italy starting to get very fed up with the EU with it's stance on it's migrant crisis.

France has 'sealed it's borders'

[jamesson]

cuprabob said:

You back on the granny's?

[jamesson]

housen said:

im 36

im going on a first date with a 24 yr old sat

ill keep u posted

shell prob tin me not because of the age though haha

[Einion Yrth]

glenrobbo said:

I am looking to commission a trophy for an event and perusing a catalogue today, I found this:

A (or the) day of sport. Arguably correct, although I think I'd prefer "Sports' Day".

[RichB]

Einion Yrth said:

A (or the) day of sport. Arguably correct, although I think I'd prefer "Sports' Day".

Nonsense, Sports Day is the name of the event, nothing possessive about it.

[Einion Yrth]

RichB said:

Einion Yrth said:

A (or the) day of sport. Arguably correct, although I think I'd prefer "Sports' Day".

Nonsense, Sports Day is the name of the event, nothing possessive about it.

I think that is arguable, too; but you carry on, I'm not that arsed.

[RichB]

[RicksAlfas]

Hysterical Beatles fan in 1967 in A Day in the Life said:

BEATLES YOUR GREAT

Well, she wrote it on her banner anyway.

[Osinjak]

cayman-black said:

I,m with them i pay 90 euros per year.

[GC8]

DibblyDobbler said:

GC8 said:

You need to make some friends. Feeling slightly superior wont keep you warm at night.

Deadly serious, but rather too obvious: dont you think?

Whilst Im as big a grammar nazi as anyone, this thread is a bed wetters delight.

[Frimley111R]

DibblyDobbler said:

marshalla said:

DibblyDobbler said:

Won't is a funny one though - what the heck is the apostrophe actually for?!

Will not - but produced from an archaic version of it which was woll not.

Woll not => wonnot => won't.

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4521/wh...

Well I never. Thanks

Indeed, every day is a school day

[tobinen]

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Magic919]

andrewparker said:

It's rapid for it's size

[Magic919]

Gareth1974 said:

Isn't it's USP that it's rear wheel drive, and therefore 'purer' than the normal 4WD A8?