For the keenest collectors of all things Tilley? It looks like very limited fettling would be required! Five-bedroom home’s set in acre and a half
But think of al the hidden treasures in the walls, between beams and burried in the groud. Experimental lanterns al over the pace...
Another idiot who assumes Tilley lamps were used in WW1. You got to wonder who tells them this garbage. ::Neil::
I bet the neighbours there wouldn't be in to the smell of paraffin.... A grand looking house, but with a grand price tag.
You'd have thought a journalist would have been competent in basic English - an apostrophe is never used to make a plural. In any case, was a plural even necessary in this instance? Given that headline, for me the veracity of the rest of the article was always going to be in doubt. As someone said above, why let the facts get in the way of a good story...
A teaser for the cunning linguists. 'Photo' is a shortend version of 'photograph'. If there are two photographs should it be photo's or photos?
OK, Jean - let's discuss oxymorons. What about this from the same rag:- Ulrika's former forever home in Stoke Row is up for grabs They got the apostrophe correct this time but how on earth can something be "former forever" - FFS!
@Tony Press Of course you are correct, though 'photo's' is often written. In the distant past a local shop advertised, 'Photo's Developed'. When picking up some developed and printed photos I mentioned the advertising to the shop owner. He said that the apostrophe was for the letters omitted from 'photographs'. Of course, I told him he was wrong, but the advertising sign never changed. I have noticed that some people add the apostrophe to any plural. Rather sad really.
Trevor A good try by the shopkeeper, but while the apostrophe is used to denote a missing letter or letters (cannot -> can’t; is not -> isn’t), its use in English is in standard contractions only. The use of the full stop (“period” for Americans) has drifted away: Company -> Co. or Bothers -> Bros.. Cheers Tony @shagratork
The apostrophe before the s, ’s, denotes a singular possessive noun, the apostrophe after the s, s’, denotes a plural possessive noun. Just to put my two pennies worth in. Cheers Pete
