On Monday, 19 December 2016 13:02:54 UTC, MartinR wrote:
On Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:00:03 UTC, Martin Dixon wrote:
In message
"Graham" wrote:

Up to 13c today felt quite warm despite the lack of sunshine.
Noticed as I passed the newspaper stand the clowns who were predicting 3
months of snow & ice are now going for a hot Christmas day, mind you they do
have more chance of getting that one right

In this age of global warming maybe December's are going to become more like
October's?


Graham (Weston Coyney)

October's and December's what? That's a genitivem not a plural.


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I work with PhD-qualified colleagues who put apostrophes in plurals. I blame Brexit and Trump.

MartinR

You mean Trumps stupid supporters?

On Monday, 19 December 2016 14:57:27 UTC, Alastair wrote:
On Monday, 19 December 2016 13:02:54 UTC, MartinR wrote:
On Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:00:03 UTC, Martin Dixon wrote:
In message
"Graham" wrote:

Up to 13c today felt quite warm despite the lack of sunshine.
Noticed as I passed the newspaper stand the clowns who were predicting 3
months of snow & ice are now going for a hot Christmas day, mind you they do
have more chance of getting that one right

In this age of global warming maybe December's are going to become more like
October's?


Graham (Weston Coyney)

October's and December's what? That's a genitivem not a plural.


--
My weather station data is now uploaded to Weather Underground.
http://www.wunderground.com/personal...D=IENGLAND1344
Local forecast at:
http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:00...p=IENGLAND1344

I work with PhD-qualified colleagues who put apostrophes in plurals. I blame Brexit and Trump.

MartinR

You mean Trumps stupid supporters?

Seriously, can anyone confirm that this is correct? "... and Brooks’s ice frigid air effect" where Brooks is C.E.P Brooks F.R.Met.Soc.

TIA.

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Alastair writes
Seriously, can anyone confirm that this is correct? "... and Brooks’s
ice frigid air effect" where Brooks is C.E.P Brooks F.R.Met.Soc.

I go by how I would pronounce it, and on that basis would write Brooks'
rather than Brooks's. ("Ice frigid air" also looks rather strange.)
--
John Hall
"One can certainly imagine the myriad of uses
for a hand-held iguana maker"
Hobbes (the tiger, not the philosopher!)

On 19/12/2016 14:57, Alastair wrote:
On Monday, 19 December 2016 13:02:54 UTC, MartinR wrote:
On Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:00:03 UTC, Martin Dixon wrote:
In message
"Graham" wrote:

Up to 13c today felt quite warm despite the lack of sunshine.
Noticed as I passed the newspaper stand the clowns who were predicting 3
months of snow & ice are now going for a hot Christmas day, mind you they do
have more chance of getting that one right

In this age of global warming maybe December's are going to become more like
October's?


Graham (Weston Coyney)

October's and December's what? That's a genitivem not a plural.


--
My weather station data is now uploaded to Weather Underground.
http://www.wunderground.com/personal...D=IENGLAND1344
Local forecast at:
http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:00...p=IENGLAND1344

I work with PhD-qualified colleagues who put apostrophes in plurals. I blame Brexit and Trump.

MartinR

You mean Trumps stupid supporters?

I though the term was 'deplorable'.



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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

On 19/12/2016 13:02, MartinR wrote:
On Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:00:03 UTC, Martin Dixon wrote:
In message
"Graham" wrote:

Up to 13c today felt quite warm despite the lack of sunshine.
Noticed as I passed the newspaper stand the clowns who were predicting 3
months of snow & ice are now going for a hot Christmas day, mind you they do
have more chance of getting that one right

In this age of global warming maybe December's are going to become more like
October's?


Graham (Weston Coyney)

October's and December's what? That's a genitivem not a plural.


--
My weather station data is now uploaded to Weather Underground.
http://www.wunderground.com/personal...D=IENGLAND1344
Local forecast at:
http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:00...p=IENGLAND1344

I work with PhD-qualified colleagues who put apostrophes in plurals. I blame Brexit and Trump.


At the entrance to where I work there is a sign referring to "HGV's".
You would think a professional signwriter would know better,even if they
had been originally provided with invorrect information.

--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg