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Forum: London Transport July 3rd 06, 01:06 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 10:31:02 on
Mon, 3 Jul 2006, Richard M Willis
remarked:
I...
Forum: London Transport July 3rd 06, 09:01 AM
Replies: 190
Views: 36,561
Posted By thoss
St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 Richard M Willis wrote:

What is wrong with "one pence coins" ?

Exactly the same thing as is wrong in, say, "one pounds coins".
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Thoss
Forum: London Transport July 2nd 06, 07:16 AM
Replies: 190
Views: 36,561
Posted By thoss
St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 Charles Ellson wrote:

On 30 Jun 2006 14:23:07 -0700, wrote:


Dave Arquati wrote:


* depending on which maps you consult (A-Z or...
Forum: London Transport June 29th 06, 07:38 PM
Replies: 190
Views: 36,561
Posted By thoss
St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 Marksman wrote:


thoss wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 Stephen Sprunk wrote:

In general, all punctuation and diacritical marks are dropped to make
signs and addresses...
Forum: London Transport June 28th 06, 05:10 PM
Replies: 190
Views: 36,561
Posted By thoss
St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 Paul Terry wrote:

The apostrophe (to indicate elision) was used in French and in Italian
before it appeared in English (from soon after 1500), and is still used
in both...
Forum: London Transport June 27th 06, 09:30 AM
Replies: 190
Views: 36,561
Posted By thoss
St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 Stephen Sprunk wrote:

In general, all punctuation and diacritical marks are dropped to make
signs and addresses as easy to read/write as possible. Therefore "St.
John's"...
Forum: London Transport June 26th 06, 06:19 PM
Replies: 190
Views: 36,561
Posted By thoss
St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 wrote:

the normal English grammar rules for
apostrophes are generally dropped on street name signs

Why?
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Thoss
Forum: London Transport June 25th 06, 05:50 PM
Replies: 190
Views: 36,561
Posted By thoss
St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 Richard J. wrote:

They seem to use "King James version" without an apostrophe.

That's OK. It's The King James version, not the version belonging to
the king.
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Thoss
Forum: London Transport June 21st 06, 03:37 PM
Replies: 190
Views: 36,561
Posted By thoss
St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 wrote:

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...
Forum: London Transport June 21st 06, 10:55 AM
Replies: 190
Views: 36,561
Posted By thoss
St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 John Rowland wrote:

John B wrote:
wrote:

BARONS COURT / Barons Court (not so much an anomaly as simply both
being wrong, with the absence of an...
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