The most petty of niggles
Mar. 27th, 2020 03:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
naathWhat is it with English speakers adding 's' in inappropriate places?
TESCO is neither plural (unless you are talking about the 4 stores you had to visit to get bog roll) nor possessive, although Sainbury's is.
Lego is a mass noun, and has no plural. You have lots of lego, or many lego bricks. The official site even gets quite cross about 'Legos'
There is a road I used to live near 'Northfield Avenue' even some satnavs make it 'Northfields' which it IS NOT. (I even had to check the sign; my brother's satnav managed to gass light me)
ARGH the irritation. What is it that drives people to this?
TESCO is neither plural (unless you are talking about the 4 stores you had to visit to get bog roll) nor possessive, although Sainbury's is.
Lego is a mass noun, and has no plural. You have lots of lego, or many lego bricks. The official site even gets quite cross about 'Legos'
There is a road I used to live near 'Northfield Avenue' even some satnavs make it 'Northfields' which it IS NOT. (I even had to check the sign; my brother's satnav managed to gass light me)
ARGH the irritation. What is it that drives people to this?
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Date: 2020-03-27 08:48 pm (UTC)When I was in HS there was a Japanese hibachi steakhouse called "Oki" in a neighboring town; my friend Letitia would say, "Hey, on the weekend let's go to Oki's!" Nope, no clue.