WOMAN = SINGULAR. WOMEN = PLURAL

[parakitaMol.]

AND

THE PLURAL OF SOMETHING (MORE THAN ONE) DOES NOT NEED AN APOSTROPHE!



Sweet baby Jesus and all the orphans.

[Neil_H]

Thank's!

[oobster]

Neil_H said:

Thank's!

[Boozy]

another example women's lib gone made

[yorky500]

oobster said:

Neil_H said:

Thank's!

have another

[colonel c]

The Women's Institute might disagree there.

Edited by colonel c on Monday 12th January 14:54

[Famous Graham]

Unless it's a certain type of adult female, in which case the plural is "wimmin".

[oilandwater]

parakitaMol. said:

AND

THE PLURAL OF SOMETHING (MORE THAN ONE) DOES NOT NEED AN APOSTROPHE!



Sweet baby Jesus and all the orphans.

ok. right. and just to annoy you....

[rude-boy]

Some bird's obviously on rag week then

[Poledriver]

Has somebody rattled your cage today?

[Einion Yrth]

colonel c said:

The Women's Institute

Is the possesive of a plural, that does not end in 's'.

colonel c said:

might disagree there.

So they probably wouldn't; they would probably prefer 'disagree' spelt correctly though.

[10 Pence Short]

SOmeone should put there breaks on this thred.

[navier_stokes]

When's the Pie & Piston to be renamed the Spelling Forum?

[Piersman2]

parakitaMol. said:

AND

THE PLURAL OF SOMETHING (MORE THAN ONE) DOES NOT NEED AN APOSTROPHE!



Sweet baby Jesus and all the orphans.

All the orphans what?

Hee hee

[parakitaMol.]

Neil_H said:

Thank's!

Hush your pretty little mouth Neil.

It's for the common good.

[TonyHetherington]

Look what happens when we give them posting rights.

[parakitaMol.]

Yes.

Only because nobody would ever chain themselves to your railings.

Edited by parakitaMol. on Monday 12th January 14:52

[Munter]

Hang on a minute:

WOMAN = Streetwalker
WOMEN = Brothel

Thats better....

[parakitaMol.]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

But thankfully (for you) I can spot the difference between a typo and being more than a bit thick.

[Famous Graham]

Piersman2 said:

parakitaMol. said:

AND

THE PLURAL OF SOMETHING (MORE THAN ONE) DOES NOT NEED AN APOSTROPHE!



Sweet baby Jesus and all the orphans.

All the orphans what?

Hee hee

You're new at this punctuation lark, aren't you?