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No, there could be many Earls courting, or it could be an imperative: 'Earls, court!'
But I think the Earl's Court is the most likely one..0 -
If it derived from a court where the earls met, would it still be possesive?Dan0
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I refer you to my earlier post:
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We're having a civil and interesting discussion about Earls and their courting practices, OK?
No grammar naziism involved!
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Argh! This thread frustrates me! Think of those with state schooling in South London
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Is it not a court for Earls and therefore no possessive apostrophe needed?0
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Coriander wrote:Is it not a court for Earls and therefore no possessive apostrophe needed?
Interesting point, but would it not then be Earls' Court?0 -
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You started it...
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Can we reach a consensus on Earl's/Earls court?
I have no idea btw.
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I have no doubt at all that this will utterly fail to clarify things:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe0 -
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Coriander wrote:I have no doubt at all that this will utterly fail to clarify things:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe
Well, you were utterly right.Dan0 -
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lost_in_thought wrote:Coriander wrote:Is it not a court for Earls and therefore no possessive apostrophe needed?
Interesting point, but would it not then be Earls' Court?
No, in the same way that a park for cars is not a cars' park.
Is Earls identifying or describing (no apostrophe; cf United States Navy; electronics department), or possessive (apostrophe).
According to wiki (which is itself inconsistent in its usage), it is part of the manor of the Earl of Oxford. So one might think "Earl's Court" - singular Earl. Except that whilst there is only one Earl at any given time, the Court goes with the title, and there are from time to time successive Earls, each of whom has a claim. So "Earls' Court" wades in. But the title is dormant now, so there is no Earl of Oxford, and so no one to whom the Court could belong.
I still think "Earls Court" is right. "Earls" is now (in the absence of an Earl) doing nothing more than identifying the court, so no apostrophe required0 -
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Fine, you're right.
Everybody, GREG IS RIGHT.
Ok, ok. Yep, that's all sorted.
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Sad;y I cannot. My Grossglockner RLV DVD arrived today, so I'm straight home to give it a go! Beers on for Friday though.
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Greg66 wrote:Hmm. I could possibly sneak a quick 6.30 at the Morpeth this evening if anyone else is interested...
C'mon. Be charitable.
Hmmmm, it would probably do my hangover a world of good, but I am out in Ealing tonight.
EDIT: I disagree with Greg... *runs away giggling*0 -
On the Earls/Earl's/Earls' issue, the letters page of the Independent has had a debate about this very point over the last few weeks. See towards the bottom of this page for one example.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/le ... 06272.html
I confess to not being sure where the debate ended. I suspect there was no consensus.
I really should make an effort and come down to the Morpeth some time for a drink. With this sort of debate, I reckon I'd fit in nicely.
But, St James's Square has an apostrophe so why not Earl's Court?Never be tempted to race against a Barclays Cycle Hire bike. If you do, there are only two outcomes. Of these, by far the better is that you now have the scalp of a Boris Bike.0 -
And we're back in the game.
Only joking peeps. But FWIW, G66 is wrong. Yeah.
And I'm on for friday beerz too. We can discuss this then. Jash, I'm sure you'll enjoy it...
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GreggIt's a retrograde step to regard ad hoc communication as acceptable
I was rather hoping the comment made by Gregg would widen the topic out. I thought of this.......................
Bentley's alleged cry of "Let him have it, Chris!" shortly before Christopher Craig shot PC Miles. Crown prosecutors suggested that Bentley meant, "Go ahead and shoot him," while the defence argued that he meant, "Give him the gun" (and thus, surrender)
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