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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
John B wrote: wrote: Mark Brader wrote: Although, the anomalies on the Underground are curious! Have a look at the following, PLACE / Station name anomalies: EARLS COURT / Earl's Court COLLIER'S WOOD / Colliers Wood ST. JOHN'S WOOD / St. Johns Wood In the foregoing, all except Earl's Court, the Underground station has omitted a necessary apostrophe. Just out of interest, where did you get the capitalised place names from? Merton Council spells Colliers Wood without an apostrophe. And Westminster Council spells St John's Wood both ways (as does LUL). I got it from my Geographer's A to Z. And, also: BARONS COURT / Barons Court (not so much an anomaly as simply both being wrong, with the absence of an apostrophe) PARSONS GREEN / Parsons Green (ditto) "To court" is a verb, and barons is a legitimate plural...having "green" as a verb would be pushing it a bit, though. John, I think you misunderstand the purpose of the apostrophe. The Court is the Court of the Earl, hence Earl' Court; likewise the Green is that of the Parson, hence Parson's Green. They are both nouns. Whether Baron is singular or plural (Barons), either requires an apostrophe! -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org Marc. |
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