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RAYC wrote:What are the rules surrounding this type of "clarificatory" apostrophe?

RAYC wrote:But, as a side note, i have never seen a Dalva port, as opposed to a DALVA port, leading me to think that the proper name of the brand requires all letters to be capitalised and that our references in the TN database are incorrect.

JacobH wrote:

RAYC wrote:But, as a side note, i have never seen a Dalva port, as opposed to a DALVA port, leading me to think that the proper name of the brand requires all letters to be capitalised and that our references in the TN database are incorrect.

I’m not sure I agree with that reasoning; there aren’t very many shippers who don’t spell their names in capitals on their bottles! I suppose we could adopt the methods of the medieval scribes and use Daḻva or something similar...

JacobH wrote:

RAYC wrote:What are the rules surrounding this type of "clarificatory" apostrophe?

Without venturing a view on the substantive question; how did you come across such a site?

DRT wrote:I am pleased to report that a quick search of this site returns no instances of "the TPF".

RAYC wrote:Caught short after too much consolation beer at Twickenham on Saturday, when i suddenly spotted one of their cabins in a pub car park. Naturally, my first thought (after the initial relief) was whether this would be deemed acceptable usage on the TPF error thread.

Glenn E. wrote:

DRT wrote:I am pleased to report that a quick search of this site returns no instances of "the TPF".

Alas, no more.

RAYC wrote:Caught short after too much consolation beer at Twickenham on Saturday, when i suddenly spotted one of their cabins in a pub car park. Naturally, my first thought (after the initial relief) was whether this would be deemed acceptable usage on the TPF error thread.

This, however, may not actually be an error, as a slight re-phrasing as "the error thread on TPF" demonstrates.

[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=48949#p48949]Here[/url] Glenn E. wrote:Second you could bring a 1992 Taylor to contrast with first you's 1994 Taylor.

jdaw1 wrote:

[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=48949#p48949]Here[/url] Glenn E. wrote:Second you could bring a 1992 Taylor to contrast with first you's 1994 Taylor.

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=48949#p48949]Here[/url] Glenn E. wrote:Second you could bring a 1992 Taylor to contrast with first you's 1994 Taylor.

The 1994 Taylor is in the possession of "first you", so I object on Glenn's behalf.

On a sign displayed in their store at [url=http://www.crystalpeakscentre.com/]Crystal Peaks[/url], Sheffield, [url=http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Home.htm]Argos[/url] wrote:

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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5888&p=49729#p49729]Here[/url] Andy Velebil wrote:Be thankful he didn't steal you're Port too

DRT wrote:

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5888&p=49729#p49729]Here[/url] Andy Velebil wrote:Be thankful he didn't steal you're Port too

Fonseca wrote:Saint Georges Day Announcement

The BBC, in a story entitled [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17974663]Heads oppose new punctuation and spelling test[/url], wrote:Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer.
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Ministers said too little attention had been paid to spelling, punctuation and grammar in recent years.
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Introducing a motion to disrupt the "technical English" tests, Milton Keynes head teacher Tony Draper said teachers should be left to assess pupils in spelling, punctuation and grammar.

jdaw1 wrote:Punctuation news, rather than a crime.

The BBC, in a story entitled [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17974663]Heads oppose new punctuation and spelling test[/url], wrote:Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer.
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Ministers said too little attention had been paid to spelling, punctuation and grammar in recent years.
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Introducing a motion to disrupt the "technical English" tests, Milton Keynes head teacher Tony Draper said teachers should be left to assess pupils in spelling, punctuation and grammar.

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:Punctuation news, rather than a crime.

The BBC, in a story entitled [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17974663]Heads oppose new punctuation and spelling test[/url], wrote:Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer.
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Ministers said too little attention had been paid to spelling, punctuation and grammar in recent years.
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Introducing a motion to disrupt the "technical English" tests, Milton Keynes head teacher Tony Draper said teachers should be left to assess pupils in spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Is this an Oxford comma thing?

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=39367#p39367]Here[/url] Cookie wrote:1. His Excellency Dr Joao de Vallera
2. Lord Boswell of Aynho
3. Charles Metcalfe
4. Ambassadors Guest
5. Ambassadors Guest

RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser

RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser

RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser

AHB wrote:

RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser

That is one of the most amusing errors I've seen in a while...but why on earth were you looking at Playmobil sets on the HoF website?

[url=http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopforum/viewtopic.php?p=80366#p80366]Here[/url] Andy Velebil wrote:And lets not forget that those storms that do hit land, depending on trajectory, are often stopped, reduced in severity, or significantly slowed down by the Marao mountain range. And lets not forget that just because it rained at Quinta A doesn't mean it rained at Quinta's B,C,D,E,F,G,H....

DRT wrote:

[url=http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopforum/viewtopic.php?p=80366#p80366]Here[/url] Andy Velebil wrote:And lets not forget that those storms that do hit land, depending on trajectory, are often stopped, reduced in severity, or significantly slowed down by the Marao mountain range. And lets not forget that just because it rained at Quinta A doesn't mean it rained at Quinta's B,C,D,E,F,G,H....

I counted three.

RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser

jdaw1 wrote:

RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser

There are two possibilities.

1. There is an amusing error that I have failed to see.

2. Mornington-Cresent style, there has been an agreement to set me a futile puzzle.

Neither hypothesis has yet been eliminated.

jdaw1 wrote:

RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser

There are two possibilities.

1. There is an amusing error that I have failed to see.

2. Mornington-Cresent style, there has been an agreement to set me a futile puzzle.

Neither hypothesis has yet been eliminated.

Andrew Gracie, Director, Special Resolution Unit, Bank of England, in a speech entitled [url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/speeches/2012/speech600.pdf]A practical process for implementing a bail-in resolution power[/url], wrote:These standards form part of a global solution to a global problem that of ‟too-big-to fail” and the avoidance of state-sponsored bail-out of the biggest international banks - or G-SIFIs in the parlance of the FSB.

jdaw1 wrote:

Andrew Gracie, Director, Special Resolution Unit, Bank of England, in a speech entitled [url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/speeches/2012/speech600.pdf]A practical process for implementing a bail-in resolution power[/url], wrote:These standards form part of a global solution to a global problem that of ‟too-big-to fail” and the avoidance of state-sponsored bail-out of the biggest international banks - or G-SIFIs in the parlance of the FSB.

Please could somebody brighter than me explain how the hyphenation survived the BoE’s proofing process?

jdaw1, in an email, wrote:Reminder of whatÂ’s available:

jdaw1 wrote:

jdaw1, in an email, wrote:Reminder of whatÂ’s available:

Sackcloth and ashes.

DRT wrote:Police bail has been granted in return for self-disclosure.

jdaw1 wrote:

Andrew Gracie, Director, Special Resolution Unit, Bank of England, in a speech entitled [url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/speeches/2012/speech600.pdf]A practical process for implementing a bail-in resolution power[/url], wrote:These standards form part of a global solution to a global problem that of ‟too-big-to fail” and the avoidance of state-sponsored bail-out of the biggest international banks - or G-SIFIs in the parlance of the FSB.

Please could somebody brighter than me explain how the hyphenation survived the BoE’s proofing process?

jdaw1 wrote:JGH and DRT can share a prize for mangling of BBcode.

JacobH wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:JGH and DRT can share a prize for mangling of BBcode.

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=52294#p52294]Here[/url] Christopher wrote:the historical greatness of Cockburn before it lost it's way

jdaw1 wrote:

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=52294#p52294]Here[/url] Christopher wrote:the historical greatness of Cockburn before it lost it's way

[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9579295/Father-killed-his-two-children-and-then-himself-after-family-split.html]here[/url], The Telegraph wrote:There was no sign of the Mrs Pedersen at the neat and tidy £310,000 pounds property.

RAYC wrote:oh dear....

[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9579295/Father-killed-his-two-children-and-then-himself-after-family-split.html]here[/url], The Telegraph wrote:There was no sign of the Mrs Pedersen at the neat and tidy £310,000 pounds property.

jdaw1 wrote:

RAYC wrote:oh dear....

[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9579295/Father-killed-his-two-children-and-then-himself-after-family-split.html]here[/url], The Telegraph wrote:There was no sign of the Mrs Pedersen at the neat and tidy £310,000 pounds property.

The phrasing is clunky; the redundant definite article is, well, redundant; but I can forgive the missing hyphen. What’s the complaint?

RAYC wrote:oh dear....

[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9579295/Father-killed-his-two-children-and-then-himself-after-family-split.html]here[/url], The Telegraph wrote:There was no sign of the Mrs Pedersen at the neat and tidy £310,000 pounds property.

jdaw1 wrote:I failed to notice the squared currency.

DRT wrote:trying to publish "The Book"