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July 8th 06, 02:56 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
On 8/7/06 13:42, "Phil Clark" wrote:
I tend to think that if panini is going to be used as a singular, it should be one of those words that is always plural, like trousers. So one panini, two panini. I went to the shop today and bought a trousers? :-) |
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#182
July 8th 06, 04:19 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:56:20 +0100, Stimpy
wrote: On 8/7/06 13:42, "Phil Clark" wrote: I tend to think that if panini is going to be used as a singular, it should be one of those words that is always plural, like trousers. So one panini, two panini. I went to the shop today and bought a trousers? :-) OK then, gallows. |
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#183
July 8th 06, 05:41 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
James Farrar wrote:
On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:08:25 GMT, Chris Tolley wrote: Phil Clark wrote: one of those words that is always plural, like trousers. Never stayed in a hotel room with a trouser press? Adjectival form. Pardon? If you are saying that trouser is an adjective, then I'm beginning to wonder what it means, and if it is part of the sequence: trous, trouser, trousest. -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p10589947.html (37 092 at London Liverpool Street, 13 Apr 1980) |
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#184
July 8th 06, 07:59 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:41:52 GMT, Chris Tolley
wrote: James Farrar wrote: On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:08:25 GMT, Chris Tolley wrote: Phil Clark wrote: one of those words that is always plural, like trousers. Never stayed in a hotel room with a trouser press? Adjectival form. Pardon? If you are saying that trouser is an adjective, then I'm beginning to wonder what it means, and if it is part of the sequence: trous, trouser, trousest. Sure it's an adjective. It modifies the word "press", telling you what kind of a press it is. -- James Farrar . @gmail.com |
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#185
July 8th 06, 10:24 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
Phil Clark wrote:
On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:56:20 +0100, Stimpy wrote: On 8/7/06 13:42, "Phil Clark" wrote: I tend to think that if panini is going to be used as a singular, it should be one of those words that is always plural, like trousers. So one panini, two panini. I went to the shop today and bought a trousers? :-) OK then, gallows. You bought gallows in a shop?? Is that legal? -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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#186
July 8th 06, 11:18 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
James Farrar wrote:
On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:41:52 GMT, Chris Tolley wrote: James Farrar wrote: On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:08:25 GMT, Chris Tolley wrote: Phil Clark wrote: one of those words that is always plural, like trousers. Never stayed in a hotel room with a trouser press? Adjectival form. Pardon? If you are saying that trouser is an adjective, then I'm beginning to wonder what it means, and if it is part of the sequence: trous, trouser, trousest. Sure it's an adjective. It modifies the word "press", telling you what kind of a press it is. Such an idea gives me an ache. The adjective "head" tells you what kind of an ache. -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9683667.html (50001 (Class 114) at Sheffield Midland, Dec 1979) |
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#187
July 9th 06, 12:30 AM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:24:23 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote: Phil Clark wrote: On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:56:20 +0100, Stimpy wrote: On 8/7/06 13:42, "Phil Clark" wrote: I tend to think that if panini is going to be used as a singular, it should be one of those words that is always plural, like trousers. So one panini, two panini. I went to the shop today and bought a trousers? :-) OK then, gallows. You bought gallows in a shop?? Is that legal? Entirely. Using it is a bit dodgy, though. |
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#188
July 9th 06, 12:31 AM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:24:23 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote: Phil Clark wrote: On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:56:20 +0100, Stimpy wrote: On 8/7/06 13:42, "Phil Clark" wrote: I tend to think that if panini is going to be used as a singular, it should be one of those words that is always plural, like trousers. So one panini, two panini. I went to the shop today and bought a trousers? :-) OK then, gallows. You bought gallows in a shop?? Is that legal? ObPedant: a gallows.... ^^ |
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#189
July 9th 06, 10:57 AM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:18:29 GMT, Chris Tolley
wrote: James Farrar wrote: On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:41:52 GMT, Chris Tolley wrote: James Farrar wrote: On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:08:25 GMT, Chris Tolley wrote: Phil Clark wrote: one of those words that is always plural, like trousers. Never stayed in a hotel room with a trouser press? Adjectival form. Pardon? If you are saying that trouser is an adjective, then I'm beginning to wonder what it means, and if it is part of the sequence: trous, trouser, trousest. Sure it's an adjective. It modifies the word "press", telling you what kind of a press it is. Such an idea gives me an ache. The adjective "head" tells you what kind of an ache. They have headaches; not heads ache. -- James Farrar . @gmail.com |
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#190
July 9th 06, 07:37 PM
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St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:05:39 GMT, Chris Tolley
wrote: Richard M Willis wrote: "James Farrar" wrote in message Simply wrong. It's the singular form of pence in the same way that pound is the singular form of pounds. "penny" is the singular form of "pence", so that "pence" is inherently plural ?! I didn't know that. Isn't learning wonderful. We need the word penny (which, just to extend your education, also has the plural "pennies") so that we can communicate properly. Thus, we can say: I have one penny. - this is how much money I have. I have a one penny coin. - this is the form it is in. And I have two pence - this is how much money I have I have two pennies/I have two one penny coins/I have a two pence coin. - to indicate the form it is in. zero centimetre, one centimetre, two centimetre. Arguable. Perhaps correct in technical documents, but to TMOTCO, it's zero centimetres, one centimetre, two centimetres. As this is probably posted for Those Down Under in New Zild as of a certain day 39 years ago... Monday the tenth of July... DC Day! When pence finally made cents (sorry). |
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