Concorde's in formation.

[OldLurker]

Originally Posted by treadigraph

African mammal plurals: Elephant, Zebra, Lion, Giraffe, etc...

The classic plural example is "Wolf when you hunt them. Wolves when they hunt you."

[Four Wings]

I live in Lambeth under LHR's most commonly used approach. When the last 3 Concordes arrived together in Oct 2003 we heard them coming and went into the street to watch them. A Lambeth refuse truck was passing and the crew obviously also heard them, for the truck stopped, out jumped the 3 man, ethnic minority crew, and stood in the middle of the street waving as they passed over one by one.

[ve3id]

Originally Posted by Quemerford

There's a global surfeit of apostrophes ("apostrophe's"), so use them whenever you can. You'll be helping a good cause.

I never could figure out if it is a grocer's, grocers' or just plain grocers apostrophe. Did anybody here go to Grocer's(') Public School so they can tell us what they taught there?

[Quemerford]

Depends: if it's "the shop of the grocer" then it's "grocer's". But if there are two of them then it's "grocers' ". Also let's not forget the creeping use of "it's" when associating something with something else; so it's "The lion and its tail", not "The lion and it's tail"; the latter would mean, in full, "The lion and it is tail". Thus the title of this thread, in full, is "Concorde is in formation", which only makes sense if there was only one Concorde. So it's either, "A Concorde's in formation" or "Concordes in formation".

Grammar School education wasn't wasted after all.

[DH106]

Originally Posted by Quemerford

Also let's not forget the creeping use of "it's" when associating something with something else; so it's "The lion and its tail", not "The lion and it's tail"; the latter would mean, in full, "The lion and it is tail".

True - but this "its" vs. "it's" has always struck me as a exception to the general possessive rule.

[rogerg]

I wondered about the correct way of setting this thread up, I am glad it has provided so much entertainment tho I still don't know the correct way.

[Jhieminga]

From: CONCORDE SST : EVENTS: PAGE 2

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by ve3id

Did anybody here go to Grocer's(') Public School so they can tell us what they taught there?

No, but I know somebody who went to Haberdashers'

[Mach Tuck]

Suzeman remembers correctly. Twelve years later, in June 1997, G-LEAR was again the camera platform for these shots of G-BOAF.

[treadigraph]

Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

No, but I know somebody who went to Haberdashers'

Who Asked you?

[treadigraph]

Nice! Was G-LEAR fitted with Astrovision?

[Mach Tuck]

Originally Posted by treadigraph

Nice! Was G-LEAR fitted with Astrovision?

AstroVision for the formation shoot and Nettmann's VectorVision for the later one.

[Equivocal]

You never hear "it was returned to Boeings last week for modification"...

Presumably because it happens so often that it's not worthy of mention...

[tartare]

Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

No, but I know somebody who went to Haberdashers'

Very droll.

[ve3id]

Originally Posted by Quemerford

Depends: if it's "the shop of the grocer" then it's "grocer's". But if there are two of them then it's "grocers' ". Also let's not forget the creeping use of "it's" when associating something with something else; so it's "The lion and its tail", not "The lion and it's tail"; the latter would mean, in full, "The lion and it is tail". Thus the title of this thread, in full, is "Concorde is in formation", which only makes sense if there was only one Concorde. So it's either, "A Concorde's in formation" or "Concordes in formation".

Grammar School education wasn't wasted after all.

Apparently you missed the lesson that taught that it takes two aeroplanes to fly in formation :-)

[ve3id]

Originally Posted by DH106

True - but this "its" vs. "it's" has always struck me as a exception to the general possessive rule.

Another one - if it belongs to him, you don't say " hi's " do you?

[Check Airman]

Originally Posted by ve3id

Another one - if it belongs to him, you don't say " hi's " do you?

Give it some time. Ive seen 2 women referred to as "lady's".

[megan]

Apparently you missed the lesson that taught that it takes two aeroplanes to fly in formation

I'm sure the regs define it some where, but am I in formation with the other when he's 1,000 below and slightly in front of me maintaining the same relative position and tracking the same route. Anoraks need to know.

[treadigraph]

Originally Posted by Check Airman

Give it some time. Ive seen 2 women referred to as "lady's".

Ive?

[NineEighteen]

Originally Posted by ve3id

Apparently you missed the lesson that taught that it takes two aeroplanes to fly in formation :-)

Which moves our 'problem' to that of an incomplete statement rather than incorrect English. What was a Concorde in formation with?