Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
In message , Kevin Rayner
writes
Are underground train drivers allowed to use personal hi fi's

Personal hifi's what?

Hmm. Borderline case, I feel. The OP could plead use of an apostrophe in
a context "where its omission might posibly lead to confusion"
[Fowler/Burchfield]. On the other hand, he omitted two question marks
and joined two sentences with a comma, which are *much* more serious
offences.
;-)

The answer is, no they are not allowed to use personal hifis (or
mobile phones for that matter).

Glad to hear it.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)