Grammar Discussions

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Que?

 

[TheRealTMA]

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Que?

So he's moved on from Angels?

 

[JessicaTam]

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Que?

Are they from Barcelona?

 

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Are they from Barcelona?

Perhaps!

 

[NM]

Are they from Barcelona?

Perhaps!

Perhaps their dictionary was fawlty?

 

[p--and--t]

indeed. If there phones auto-corrupt don't fix it, than it aint gonna be fixed

* Note, the above comment may cause some distress to the grammar police.

maybe their phones as well

 

[codash1099]

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Except when ‘effect’ is a verb!

 

[codash1099]

Except when ‘effect’ is a verb!

Exceptions, like just about everything in English

 

[NM]

Exceptions, like just about everything in English

And if you agree with them, that makes them "acceptions", perhaps?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Exceptions, like just about everything in English

Yes, but a poor choice to include on the table. None of the others have exceptions. I’d have phrased it differently, like ‘affect’ is not the same as ‘effect’.

 

[kookaburra75]

Correct spelling, but.......

 

[JohnK]

Lotus's Thailand.

Is the last 's' necessary?

 

[JessicaTam]

Lotus's Thailand.

Is the last 's' necessary?

Short answer: no

Long answer: no

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Lotus's Thailand.

Is the last 's' necessary?

Depends. Is the name of the company ‘Lotus’? It could be used if you are referring to ‘Lotus’s Thailand office’. It is probably a courtesy to the reader to include the second ‘s’.

If there is no possessive, you wouldn’t need the apostrophe outright.

 

[JohnK]

Depends. Is the name of the company ‘Lotus’? It could be used if you are referring to ‘Lotus’s Thailand office’. It is probably a courtesy to the reader to include the second ‘s’.

If there is no possessive, you wouldn’t need the apostrophe outright.

I don't know that's why I asked.

Lotus's Fresh stores are everywhere. Just looks wrong to me.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I don't know that's why I asked.

Lotus's Fresh stores are everywhere. Just looks wrong to me.

I think the jury is out on this one. Some will say add an extra ‘s’, others say not to.

For these situations I go with reader courtesy… you don’t want to trip them up mid sentence or have them performing linguistic gymnastics. For that reason I’d have added an ‘s’ in this case.

Jessica Tam would be equally right not to!

 

[Danger]

"Manilla".

 

[Captain Halliday]

I wonder how many cleaners they store in here:

 

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Spotted in the wild in Tunisia...


Then this one on Ethiopian Airlines on the way to Madagascar.