Grammar keen beans required.

[waterwonder]

Hi,

I'm not normally bothered about this sort of thing however a little argument at work as developed.

PH's favourite topic of apostrophes'.

Is it correct to say
I am going to Tesco's or Asda's?

If not why?

I personally would never use the s but i'm not really sure why.

[dougc]

No.

They are names.

I am going to Asda
I am going to Tesco

I am going to Tesco's petrol station would be acceptable.
I like Asda's fish counter would also be acceptable.

[andy400]

I wouldn't use the 's as the shop is called 'Tesco' or 'Asda' so it is perfectly correct to say 'I am going to Tesco'. Although the shop in question does belong to Tesco so it could be sort-of correct to use the possessive. Maybe.

The first way is better, anyway, as saying 'Tesco's', just sounds, well, common.

[zac510]

This has come up a lot lately in the Cadbury news stories. People appending an S to the end of it for no reason.

[Hugo a Gogo]

with'out the apostrophs is probably more righter grammer

[bitwrx]

waterwonder said:

Hi,

I'm not normally bothered about this sort of thing however a little argument at work as developed.

PH's favourite topic of apostrophes'.

Is it correct to say
I am going to Tesco's or Asda's?

If not why?

I personally would never use the s but i'm not really sure why.

What you're saying there is that the shop (the physical building) is owned by someone called Mr Tesco (or Mr Asda).

"I am going to Mr Tesco's shop over there." I'm not really sure it makes sense.

But if you said "I'm going to Tescos", you would have to go to more than one Tesco store to be grammatically correct. Which is obviously a stupid thing to do. They're all the same!

Of course the correct thing to say is "I'm going to Tesco." But that sounds silly.

In conclusion; who gives a fk?

[Hugo a Gogo]

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is branded as "Morrisons" - just to add a bit more murk

[andy400]

bitwrx said:

Of course the correct thing to say is "I'm going to Tesco." But that sounds silly.

Silly? Just sounds right to the educated amongst us.....

[HundredthIdiot]

"Mum's gone to Iceland's" doesn't really work.

Neither does "I've sent the au pair to Waitrose's".

[Hugo a Gogo]

nuther one

Harrods (also no apostrophe) was founded by Mr Harrod

[elster]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is branded as "Morrisons" - just to add a bit more murk

Yes as it is William Morison's Supermarket.

As in the supermarket that belongs to William Morrison.

[Hugo a Gogo]

It doesn't have an apostrophe though

[elster]

Hugo a Gogo said:

It doesn't have an apostrophe though

That is because it has been decided by a "branding" company.

These are akin to satan with me.

[bitwrx]

andy400 said:

bitwrx said:

Of course the correct thing to say is "I'm going to Tesco." But that sounds silly.

Silly? Just sounds right to the educated amongst us.....

Indeed but hardly colloquial! The OP was asking about an informal verbal conversation after all...

[bitwrx]

elster said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is branded as "Morrisons" - just to add a bit more murk

Yes as it is William Morison's Supermarket.

As in the supermarket that belongs to William Morrison.

Similarly Farmers' Weekly is no longer called Farmers' Weekly. They've got rid of the apostrophe.

Heathens.

[waterwonder]

hmmm this is pretty much the arguement we had.

As stated i think it sounds odd to say Asda's but I can't seem to find a conclusive arguement as to why it is incorrect.

Those in the office that use it are hiding behind the possessive arguement. Declaring that it just sounds common, is a rather err common way of trying to win.

Edited by waterwonder on Wednesday 3rd March 15:57

[waterwonder]

dougc said:

No.

They are names.

I am going to Asda
I am going to Tesco

I am going to Tesco's petrol station would be acceptable.
I like Asda's fish counter would also be acceptable.

I see your point but why would you say "i'm going to Dougc's" ?

[DrTre]

waterwonder said:

Those in the office that use it are hiding behind the possessive arguement.

There is no possession taking place though so what are they on about? You are correct, they are not. There is nothing more to say.

[HundredthIdiot]

On a matter of pure pedantry, is this not an issue of punctuation rather than grammar?

Or is the former a component of the latter?

[the_lone_wolf]

What about Sainsbury's?