The Missing Apostrophe?
Continuing with the English language, here’s something that has troubled me for over a year now.
When I drive into Windsor for whatever reason, I drive passed the Eton College playing fields. One of theses fields is called AGARS PLOUGH. That’s exactly what it says on the big sign, AGARS PLOUGH.
Now, I don’t know who Agar was, but if he had a plough shouldn’t the sign say AGAR’S PLOUGH?
Any Eton old boys out there care to enlighten me?
When I drive into Windsor for whatever reason, I drive passed the Eton College playing fields. One of theses fields is called AGARS PLOUGH. That’s exactly what it says on the big sign, AGARS PLOUGH.
Now, I don’t know who Agar was, but if he had a plough shouldn’t the sign say AGAR’S PLOUGH?
Any Eton old boys out there care to enlighten me?
posted by phylos @ 13:20
1 Comments:
Yes. It should. And "plough" in this sense just means "field", as in "ploughed field."
And you drove PAST the playing fields of Eton. You did not drive PASSED them. Though you indeed passed them.
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