Lew 1 (from the UK) wrote:
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 13:16:58 GMT,
(Nick Cooper) wrote:
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 10:16:59 -0000, "Joe"
wrote:
AFAIK there is only one incorrect "St. James' Park" sign
(eastbound, near the front of the train, by the stairs).
Considering that the LU HQ is above the station, it's remarkable
that the sign has never been replaced.
St. James' Park is the correct way to show it. St James's Park is
incorrect. Its like; I'm going to Chris' House, not I'm going to
Chris's house
A common misconception. The "s" after the apostorphe is only omitted
if the word is a plural, rather than a singular, noun. E.g. "boys'
games" compared to "Burns's poems."
Hmm... I was most definitely taught in school that my name would be
" Lewis' " and not " Lewis's " - and that was only 10 or so years ago.
sigh Another sign that English isn't taught well these days. If you had
been brought up in, say, Liverpool or Manchester, you would have been very
familiar with the large store called Lewis's (different company to John
Lewis).
Regardless of that, Lewis's looks ugly and tends to make people
mispronounce my name. I solve the situation by simply having " Lew's "
OK if you don't mind being named after toilets!
:-)
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Richard J.
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