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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Bachelors pad

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00Can you explain the meaning of these to me02br
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00bachelor Pad02br
00bachelor's Pad02br
00bachelors' Pad02br
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00which one would be correct for a shop name selling products based on a bachelors pad??02br
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00than ks for your help02br
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0I would use 01i00Bachelor Pad02i00 myself.0-
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0I consider it most idiomatic.0-
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0 To me, the 2nd seems the one I would expect in a store or restaurant name. 02br
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00 Even more, it's already used in the name of a site:02br
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00True, "bachelor pad" has many more hits than "bachel
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0I would agree with MM: "bachelor pad" is by far the most common collocation, and the idiomatic expression.02br
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00The difference between it and "bachelor's pad" may be seen from this Google:02br
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001. Designers take 01u00a bachelor's pad02u00 and completely clean out, then transform, two rooms into a totally new living space
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0 Well, I understand that 01i00bachelor pad 02i00is more frequent (naturally), but for a 01b00store02b00, I would expect more: 02br
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00 French's Corner than French Corner02br
00 Trout's Hideway than Trout Hideway02br
00 Hare's Run (say for sports articles) than Hare Run02br
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