Where has Kings Road London SW (Chelsea) gone?

mostdom · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:47 pm Post subject:

I always thought that the spellings of name's and places' go back to when the majority of the population couldn't spell, and regualar spellings got changed due to it. Now the counsils do it so nothing much has really changed.

St James's Road, Croydon.
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Tim Buxton · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:19 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:12 am Post subject:

What sport is it they play there again? Wink

Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:25 am Post subject:

technik · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:25 am Post subject:

When a name ends with an 'S' the apostrophe can be be either before or after the name.

So James's and James' are both correct.

Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:38 am Post subject:

Anita · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:07 am Post subject:

According to 'The Oxford Guide to English Usage':

Nouns ending in s add 's for the singular possessive, e.g.
boss's, Burns's, Charles's, Father Christmas's, Hicks's, St James's Square, Tess's, Thomas's

To form the plural possessive they add an apostrophe to the s of the plural in the normal way, e.g.
bosses', the Joneses' dog, the octopuses' tentacles, the Thomases' dog

Names ending in -es pronounced iz are treated like plurals and take only an apostrophe (following the pronunciation, which is iz not iziz), e.g.
Bridges', Hodges', Moses', Riches'

Polysyllables not accented on the last or second last syllable can take the apostrophe alone, but the form with -'s is equally acceptable, e.g.
Barnabas' or Barnabas's
Nicholas' or Nicholas's

It goes on about usage in classical works and liturgical archaism, but I think that's enough for tonight!

And yes, I know I'm a pedant! Rolling Eyes

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Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:17 am Post subject:

Thanks for that, Anita, although I'd argue (not with you of course) that Moses isn't pronounced iz at the end; more like uz. Anyway, back to the King's Road for me...
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DennisN · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject:

According to the Apostrophe Society lady on Radio 5 a couple of weeks ago, 's is wrong for stuff ending in s. It really should be Dennises, not Dennis's. So I changed my name to DennisN so that there wouldn't be any argument about DennisN's literary prowess. Don't blame me - I just listen to the tranny, not speak on it. Oh, and I may have heard it wrongly, what with all this hair inside my ears and nose.
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Anita · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject:

I think the lady was talking about the "greengrocer's apostrophe", where they offer for sale carrot's and pea's and cos's.

If there was more than one of you ( Shocked

what a thought!!) you'd be Dennises, but your white van is Dennis's.

But I think you really knew that already. Wink

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mikealder · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject:

kjnpbr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 10, 2004 Posts: 4

My surname is Jones.

So from what I read here it's:

Joneses - non possessive collection (my family);
Jones's - possessive singular;
Jones' - possessive collection

So it's:
Keeping up with the Joneses.
Keith Jones's tomtom.
The Jones' family tree.

Is that right?

Anita · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:16 am Post subject:

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