Bad day for Hagar and Fozzer

[expat]

This should make you both role your eyes.......
End of an "S"

Matt

[Fozzer]

For me...its the end of the World, as I know it!... ...!

Earl's Court Railway Station without an apostrophe would be sacrilege!... ...!

Paul..The Keeper of the bag of Apostrophes/Apostrophe's (take your pick!)... ....!
...I love 'em to bits!... ...!

http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/08/30/engl ... ostrophes/

...over to you, Doug... ...!

[Hagar]

Unbelievable! Especially bad form for a bookseller. What is the World coming to?

[Fozzer]

I take it in the form that the property/business, upon which the sign is mounted, belongs to, and is owned by the family named "Waterstone"....

...therefore it is; Waterstone's...

Paul....I have a headache approaching...

[Hagar]

The history of Waterstone's Waterstones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterstone%27s

Note the article has already been updated.

[Webb]

What will become of St. James's Gate?

[Hagar]

What will become of St. James's Gate?

That's under threat too. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4602491/Second-council-bans-apostrophes-in-street-signs.html

[expat]

The history of Waterstone's Waterstones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterstone%27s

Note the article has already been updated.

And they have blocked any edit on the name too

Matt

[hyperpep111]

What will become of St. James's Gate?

Pardon me, But isn't it supposed to be "St.James' Gate?

Twitter users warn the change is another step towards the 'extinction' of the apostrophe

Since when was the apostrophe a species .

[Hagar]

What will become of St. James's Gate?

Pardon me, But isn't it supposed to be "St.James' Gate?

No. It refers to only one St. James.

[BigTruck]

I have two teenage sisters who text me everyday and I am convinced their phones lack any sort of punctuation buttons, and certainly no form of spell check.   ::)

[ozzy72]

I had a student once hand in some homework written in txt-spk (I believe that is the correct term?)
Needless to say he got no points for that piece and when he complained I did point out that the subject I was teaching was ENGLISH

[expat]

[quote]I have two teenage sisters who text me everyday and I am convinced their phones lack any sort of punctuation buttons, and certainly no form of spell check.

[Mictheslik]

[quote][quote]I have two teenage sisters who text me everyday and I am convinced their phones lack any sort of punctuation buttons, and certainly no form of spell check.

[expat]

[quote][quote][quote]I have two teenage sisters who text me everyday and I am convinced their phones lack any sort of punctuation buttons, and certainly no form of spell check.