Re: o/s side light help

>>>
>>> Six words, and you didn't bother reading them?
>>>
>>> Cauli's is acceptable ONLY IF you use cauli' as the singular.
>>> I don't, and I'm prepared to bet you don't either.
>>
>>Not only are you rude, Ian, you are also wrong.
>>"Cauli's" is perfectly acceptable as a pleural, the apostrophe denotes
the
>>missing "flower" part of the word. Therefore
>>"cauli's" equals "cauliflowers".
>>
>
> I think not reading what I'm saying is the rude bit!
> "Cauli's" is NOT acceptable as a plural for "cauli".
> Thge elision nhas occurred in the si ngular - why would it need
> marking only in the plural?

I'm not sure what you are trying to say Ian. No greengrocer would attempt
to 
sell
a single cauliflower so by putting a sign up that says "Cauli's" he
implies 
he
has more than one cauliflower to sell. Hence "Cauli's" is correct whereas
"Lemon's" is not correct no matter how many he is trying to sell.

The reason "Cauli's" is correct is that the apostrophe denotes the missing

"flowers"
part and does not imply posession nor is it an abbreviation. These are the

other possible
uses of the apostrophe. One may only use the word "Cauli's" as a pleural,
in 
the singular
it would indeed be incorrect. If the shop has only one cauliflower to
sell, 
then the sign
"Cauli's" would be wrong, because "Cauli's " equals "Cauliflowers"

You say  "Cauli's" is NOT acceptable as a plural for "cauli" but you don't

attempt to explain why.
I'm trying to show you that it's the same as the word "photo'" where 
"photo's" is equal to
"photographs".

TonyB



TonyB