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Feb 28th 2015, 5:35 pm

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by grotster

Really? I don't here that in the US when talking with people. Everyone would say "I'm going to Safeway to buy some chicken", "The meat at Asda seemed bad" or "Tesco had the best selection of pasta".

Maybe I should look up possessive nouns some more, that is not something that I had considered.

Since you are being a pedant, one must point out that your use of 'here' is incorrect

.

I think this is correct: "Tesco's meat selection is better than Safeway's".

Personally, "I'm going to Tescos" sounds simply better (as in, rolls off the tongue, not saying grammatically correct) than "I'm going to Tesco". But "I'm going to Safeway" sounds better than "I'm going to Safeways".

But really ... does it matter ...

Edit To Add .... didn't realize this was already 7 pages long

Feb 28th 2015, 6:05 pm

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by Steerpike

Since you are being a pedant, one must point out that your use of 'here' is incorrect

......

.......Edit To Add .... didn't realize this was already 7 pages long

Since you are being a pedant, one must point out that there are already eight whole pages, and this is the ninth.

Mar 1st 2015, 4:38 am

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by grotster

Legos totally demonstrates my point though

It's not legos, it's lego bricks.

Mar 1st 2015, 5:12 am

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by LeavingLondon

It's not legos, it's lego bricks.

Hear Hear!

Mar 1st 2015, 10:25 am

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by LeavingLondon

It's not legos, it's lego bricks.

Actually, it's LEGO bricks. As it seems we're all being maximally pedantic.

Mar 1st 2015, 12:40 pm

#126

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by dunroving

Actually, it's LEGO bricks. As it seems we're all being maximally pedantic.

Ex except when they're LEGO windows, or LEGO doors, or LEGO wheels, or LEGO people, or LEGO animals, or LEGO roof tiles, or LEGO leaves, or LEGO tools, or LEGO .....

Mar 1st 2015, 3:02 pm

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

... Oscar
Lego Oscar

and:

LEGO Art

Mar 1st 2015, 4:08 pm

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by MMcD

... Oscar
Lego Oscar

http://assets-s3.usmagazine.com/uplo...hLegoOscar.gif

and:

LEGO Art

Meet Nathan Sawaya, LEGO Brick Artist and Master Model Builder - YouTube

Can't deny some of the artwork... except I'm 99% certain a computer tells them which blocks to use where. Some of the curves are too perfect.

Mar 1st 2015, 5:32 pm

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Can't deny some of the artwork... except I'm 99% certain a computer tells them which blocks to use where. Some of the curves are too perfect.

Apparently not
...go to 5:23 in video

Mar 1st 2015, 8:25 pm

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Apparently not
...go to 5:23 in video

Sorry, I meant the Legoland parks. Apparently they do have a custom CAD package. And not a big wage. article

Mar 5th 2015, 6:38 am

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by Pulaski

Since you are being a pedant, one must point out that there are already eight whole pages, and this is the ninth.

I'm only on page 4...

Mar 5th 2015, 8:12 am

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by Pulaski

Since you are being a pedant, one must point out that there are already eight whole pages, and this is the ninth.

Quote:

Originally Posted by orly

I'm only on page 4...

How many pages there are depends entirely on how you are accessing the site. There's only 4 and a bit pages in this thread for me.

Mar 5th 2015, 9:48 am

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by dunroving

How many pages there are depends entirely on how you are accessing the site. There's only 4 and a bit pages in this thread for me.

Depends how you measure it.

Mar 5th 2015, 10:19 am

#134

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

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Originally Posted by dunroving

How many pages there are depends entirely on how you are accessing the site. There's only 4 and a bit pages in this thread for me.

For 13 years I have stuck with the default and only discovered a few days ago that there is a user option to set a number other than 15 posts/page.

Mar 5th 2015, 11:26 am

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Re: Pluralization Of Brand Names

There is?

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