Saint Thomas' ???

[fryalot]

sign behind GB's head... is that correct?

I thought it was Thomas's or James's or whatever...

[edam]

No, this is fine for plurals of words ending in S. You can choose either Thomas's or Thomas'.

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

Yes squonk, Thomas' or James' is correct.

At first glance itlooks wierd though.

The english language is full of oddities.

Innit.

[Iota]

there's an echo in her squonk

[Iota]

here

[fryalot]

thank you.

I managed to start two threads (becuase I'm a numpty) and everyone's telling me this.

Wish I'd sat on my hands

[edam]

although most locals call it Tommy's, anyway.

[Spidermama]

But Thomas isn't a plural.

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

at Squonk sitting on hands - as if !

[fryalot]

no, it's a possessive, spidermama

boys... I can do it.

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[BoysAreLikeDogs]

Heh heh heh

[edam]

No, but when you use the plural form of a word ending in S, you can choose whether to add an apostrophe S or just an apostrophe.

Tommy's (the hospital) is always Tommy's because there's only one of it.

[WanderingTrolley]

I'm more disturbed by the sign on the outside of St Thomas':

St Thomas'
Sewing the community

Go and look.

[WanderingTrolley]

[[http://www.crossoverlambeth.com/Images/St%20Thomas'%20Hospital.jpg See.}}

[WanderingTrolley]

Gah.

[[eejit}}

[edam]

lol - the certainly stitched me up!

[AllFallDown]

For a word ending in s, you would generally add an s after the apostrophe if you sounded it in speech. So I would write Thomas's.

[UnquietDad]

Interestingly, in Spanish, Saints are San whatever, e.g. San Jose, San Pedro etc - except St. Thomas, who is Santo Tomas, so that it doesn't sound like "Santo Mas."

[pofaced]

and now to send you all into a tailspin... Earl's Court...Shepherds' Bush.... Barons Court

[UnquietDad]

The court of one Earl, the bush of more than one Shepherd and... a court which possesses Barons?

[AllFallDown]

A court THAT possesses Barons, not which possesses Barons - that is very poor indeed on a pedantry thread. That defines, which informs.

[Iklboo]

Well - I work in St James's building and THAT's deemed correct

[UnquietDad]

Its possession of Barons could be just one aspect of it?

[Iklboo]

Its funny when you buy banana's from a shop and it's signs are punctuated wrong