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Webmaster Forum / General / Web Design / July 2008What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ?
What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? "Mini Cooper Ss" "Mini Cooper S's" "Mini Cooper Ses" "Mini Cooper S-es" "Mini Cooper S' " I need to know for my website! Ship Shiperton Henethe > What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Ship > Shiperton Henethe S Series Mini Coopers. On Jul 3, 11:24 am, "\(used to be\) Fat Sam" <samandja...@knox.orangehome.co.uk> wrote: > > What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > S Series Mini Coopers. A bit of a cheat and slightly longer but that would make: "The first 15 Mini Cooper S' that were sold here went for an average of just £55 each." now become: "The first 15 S Series Mini Coopers that were sold here went for an average of just £55 each." Hmm... it's still not very easy to skim read because the mini cooper bit is now slightly buried. Any more thoughts? A Again a slight cheat but perhaps: "The first 15 Mini Coopers (S Series) that were sold here went for an average of just £55 each." Any thoughts? Ship > Again a slight cheat but perhaps: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Ship I think you hit it when you did Mini Cooper S' No need for th eplural s at the end. Just the appostrophe...I think... It looked right to me anyway. >> Again a slight cheat but perhaps: >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I think you hit it when you did Mini Cooper S' No, that's a possessive. Like "Jones' dog". > No need for th eplural s at the end. Just the appostrophe...I think... Wrong. > It looked right to me anyway. Darned shame, that. :)  SignatureBlinky Is your ISP dropping Usenet? Need a new feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html >>> Again a slight cheat but perhaps: >>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Darned shame, that. :) Aaaah well...I'm Irish...What do I know about English anyway? ;-) > What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Ship > Shiperton Henethe Mini Cooper S And another one... And another one... And another one... The first time I saw one was when I was visiting Europe in the mid-90's. Wondered what that little thing was - it looked cute :-) They started popping up here a few years ago. I admit they make sense - and even more now with our gas prices approaching 1/2 of yours. Signature================== Remove the "x" from my email address Jerry Stuckle JDS Computer Training Corp. jstucklex@attglobal.net ================== > What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? > "Mini Cooper S' " Looks like the best one to me without going down the "Mini Coopers (S type)" route. Signaturehttp://gymratz.co.uk - Fitness & Gym Equipment/nutrition specialists. http://www.trade-price-supplements.co.uk - Bulk buy for up to 33% off. http://www.BBE-Boxing-Equipment.co.uk - New Boxing Equipment site. http://www.commercial-gym-equipment.co.uk - Commercial Gym Equipment. >> What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? > >> "Mini Cooper S' " > > Looks like the best one to me without going down the > "Mini Coopers (S type)" route. "Mini Cooper S'" is *dead* wrong. Plurals aren't formed by adding apostrophes. *Possessives* may be, as in "Jones' Brothel". Possessives are not plurals. SignatureBlinky Is your ISP dropping Usenet? Need a new feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html >>> What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Possessives are not plurals. Perhaps it's a bit like the plural of Court Martial? Minis Cooper S? I'm joking... >What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? Mini Cooper S Just like one sheep, two sheep, three sheep.... Matt -- The Probert Encyclopaedia http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com > What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Ship > Shiperton Henethe Mini Cooper Ss is correct. See: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelnoun.html section on upper case letters near the bottom of the page. SignatureWayne www.bayareabluegrass.org A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. [Thomas Jefferson] >> What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Mini Cooper Ss is correct. See: >http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelnoun.html Absolute bollocks. Please don't quote unreliable sources. If anyone really wants a defacto answer, then I suggest they contact the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, and then await the result of a ten year nationwide debate. Matt -- The Probert Encyclopaedia http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com >>Mini Cooper Ss is correct. See: >>http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelnoun.html [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >English Dictionary, and then await the result of a ten year nationwide >debate. According to that page, the source is Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. And the page itself is created by a reputable educational institution. So it seems reasonable to quote it here. Mark >>> What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? >>> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > The Probert Encyclopaedia > http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com You don't think Purdue is an accurate source? And your credentials are? SignatureWayne www.bayareabluegrass.org A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. [Thomas Jefferson] > What is the plural of "Mini Cooper S" ? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I need to know for my website! Your question reminds me of the story about the Irish cobbler. A goose is the name for one of the tools used by a cobbler to shape leather. The cobbler wanted a couple of new ones so he sat down to write to the supplier to get them. First he wrote: "Dear Sirs ... can you please send me two new gooses" He thought that didn't sound quite right, so he rewrote: "Dear Sirs ... can you please send me two new geese" He didn't like the sound of that either, thinking it might confuse them. Finally he wrote: "Dear Sirs ... can you please send me a new goose ... p.s. When you're at it, you might as well send me two." :) |
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