Why Martin Lewis’ is correct grammar! Blog discussion

Tiger_greeneyes

I don't think it's pedantic to like correct spellings and grammar I'm an averagely intelligent person who had an average state education which was perfectly adequate for me to obtain a reasonable grasp of the English language. My point being is it's there for everyone to learn, not just me.

Since the internet was invented, however, I've had to switch off the 'bothered' part of me where the increasingly widespread abuse of English language is concerned. It's really not that difficult to understand the differences between to, too and two, or hear/here or there, their, they're or even the difference between 'y' and 'ii' etc - although the apostrophe is a bit more complex but certainly not impossible to get to grips with.

I don't understand why people who care about this sort of stuff are called pedants - it's tantamount to saying people who don't care are sloppy

Harvey_Roll

This answers the question I think,
"Let us all go round to Martin Lewis' "
or
"Let us all go round to Martin Lewis's"
H

fudgecat

Late again - as usual. Martin Lewises (for pronunciation of Lewis`s) sounds clumsy and over sibilent, therefore a single concluding s and apostrophe would seem merited.
Could we not use the colon in its "here`s what I mean by that" form ie, further exposition, making Martin Lewis the epitome of the meaning Moneysaving expert - viz
Martin Lewis: Moneysaving expert.com
Just a suggestion - OK I`ll get my coat...

Errata

Tread carefully, for you tread on his ego

Pedantami

Imagine you arrive in London. You hail a taxi. Your spoken English is not very good, but you have read extensively and picked up a lot of the finer points of English grammar and punctuation. You see a sign for "St Thomas' Hospital". "Oh", you say to the taxi driver, "There's the famous St Thomas (sic) Hospital." "That's right, madam, but we call it St Thomas's." So, you say to yourself, it looks like St Thomas with an apostrophe at the end, but one should pronounce it "St Thomases". Oh look, there's St James' Park, or is it St James's? You decide to catch the next train out of here. Hope you're not going to St Pancras/Pancras'/Pancras's/Pancrases......

I would write St Thomas's because that is what we say; similarly St James's Park because that is what I would say, although lots of people would say St James Park.

I don't think anyone would read the title as
"Martin Lewis MoneySavingExpert.com"
so I would prefer it to read "Martin Lewis's MoneySavingExpert.com",
or simply "Martin Lewis - MoneySavingExpert.com".

Now that brings us on to the use of the "dash"............only kidding.

Pedantami

My point exactly - how come you managed to convey your thoughts in several hundred fewer words than I have just done? Oh yes, I'm a woman.....

shoya51

Try my 'Pedants R Us Apostrophe Quiz' on facebook

EmehEm2005

It's (it is) all Greek to me (the Greek word apostrophus, meaning a 'turning away'.

the_lace

Pedantami wrote: »

Imagine you arrive in London. You hail a taxi. Your spoken English is not very good, but you have read extensively and picked up a lot of the finer points of English grammar and punctuation. You see a sign for "St Thomas' Hospital". "Oh", you say to the taxi driver, "There's the famous St Thomas (sic) Hospital." "That's right, madam, but we call it St Thomas's." So, you say to yourself, it looks like St Thomas with an apostrophe at the end, but one should pronounce it "St Thomases". Oh look, there's St James' Park, or is it St James's? You decide to catch the next train out of here. Hope you're not going to St Pancras/Pancras'/Pancras's/Pancrases......

I would write St Thomas's because that is what we say; similarly St James's Park because that is what I would say, although lots of people would say St James Park.

I don't think anyone would read the title as
"Martin Lewis MoneySavingExpert.com"
so I would prefer it to read "Martin Lewis's MoneySavingExpert.com",
or simply "Martin Lewis - MoneySavingExpert.com".

Now that brings us on to the use of the "dash"............only kidding.

I say "Guys and Tommy's" :rotfl: Or is that "Guy's" or "Guys' " or "Guys's"?

Now that brings us on to the use of the "dash"............only kidding.

Indeed. And the ellipse ... and run-on sentences ...

JimmyTheWig

Should "The Ashes 09" not be "The Ashes '09"?