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

[Magic919]

roygarth said:

Agree. This thread is a good indicator of individuals business and moral compasses’. I would be very careful indeed if I was doing business with those who don’t, or perhaps can’t, see the ‘Dealers’ behaviour for what it is ie dodgy.

[jamesson]

scubadude said:

Am searching patent office files now, it must include Pies, Piano's and Punto's surely...

[marshalla]

ianrb said:

Greg66 said:

ianrb said:

Should it not be "The sheeps' noses"?

No: the plural of sheep is sheep. Not sheeps.

Oddly I was aware of that.

To illustrate the point I am trying to make lets change it to "The sheep's legs", is that one or more sheep? Using "The sheeps' legs" provides that additional information.

[marshalla]

S93 said:

I can't believe someone took the effort to actually reverse park and thought they did a good job and just dumped it in this manner, beggar's belief

[marshalla]

Big Al. said:

Got the lappy today and it's currently being configured and files transferred from my old Lappy, Both new and old lappy run on Windows 10, if your saying that you've read that it wont run on W10 then I'll ship it back and get one that does.

[tobinen]

Ash4ord said:

I don't mind the tint's to be fair they are not super dark although some times in photo's they appear darker than they really are.

[ATTAK Z]

nicanary said:

Sally's campaign slogan - "Whistling the peoples' tune".

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[marshalla]

smashy said:

Ah whenever I come on here I meet clever trevor.Thats good ,no really excellant.

[marshalla]

Patrick Bateman said:

Those Aston's and Ferrari's aren't going to be short on the power front.

[tobinen]

Mr Overheads said:

Tissot PRC200
Hamilton Khaki Field

Both Mechanical Automatic's.

[Nik da Greek]

ATTAK Z said:

nicanary said:

Sally's campaign slogan - "Whistling the peoples' tune".

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Am I missing this one?

Is that not simply saying "Whistling the tune belonging to several groups of people"? It seems a perfectly acceptable plural possessive pronoun. Or would you prefer "people's", as in a tune belonging to a single group of people?

[ATTAK Z]

People is the plural of person so the apostrophe goes before the S in both cases ... a bit like 'sheep's clothing' meaning the clothing of one sheep (singular) and the clothing of a few or many sheep (plural)

[marshalla]

ATTAK Z said:

People is the plural of person so the apostrophe goes before the S in both cases ... a bit like 'sheep's clothing' meaning the clothing of one sheep (singular) and the clothing of a few or many sheep (plural)

Can, worms : http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[ATTAK Z]

I've attained my goal ... I've always wanted to be quoted by marshalla !

[Nik da Greek]

Except that "peoples" is an acceptable plural on its own, as in "the peoples of the west", in such an instance being a synonym for "races" or "tribes" or whatever demographic you wish to choose. "People" as a group noun would indicate all living humans irrespective of delineation or subdivision. Thus; all the tribes who live in the west - as opposed to; everyone who lives in the west. In the former, it would be peoples' and the latter would be people's

[ATTAK Z]

Yep now't wrong with that logic

[marshalla]

Lynch91 said:

Wandering what peoples opinions are on it, mainly looking from an investment point of view.

[jamesson]

Jimmyarm said:

well for small business'es it does

[tobinen]

Scuffers said:

As to be the last of the real pilot hero's.

[tobinen]

Funkycoldribena said:

I know,I know,but it makes great comedy before bedtime reading about all these wives that think their husband's are going to be deported.