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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Observer's For

Hi

If the name of the magazine is: Observer Sport Monthly then the Observer's is just the abbreviation of the former??? Why is the word For capitalized???

What does it actually mean ... the Observer's For...???

The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday June 16 2002 .

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Hello Newg, It means "The following correction was printed in the For the Record column of the Observer ". ) Best wishes, MrP

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Newg, It means "The following correction was printed in the For the Record column of the Observer ".
  • ) Best wishes, MrP
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Hello Newg,

It means "The following correction was printed in the For the Record column of the Observer".

(The apostrophe + s here signifies "of".)

Best wishes,

MrP
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Hi

It means that there is a column in the Observer magazine which is called For the Record? Is it how I should understand it?

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The article below mistakenly claimed that the Brazilian television company Globo owned a 50 per cent 'stake' in the Argentinian player Javier Mascherano, currently playing at West Ham



What does this STAKE may mean? Is it the same as SHARE?
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NewguestHi

It means that there is a column in the Observer magazine which is called For the Record? Is it how I should understand it?

thanks

Exactly!
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NewguestThe article below mistakenly claimed that the Brazilian television company Globo owned a 50 per cent 'stake' in the Argentinian player Javier Mascherano, currently playing at West Ham



What does this STAKE may mean? Is it the same as SHARE?

In effect, yes. The article claimed that Globo "owned" 50% of Mascherano, as a footba
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Thanks. I guess I get it.
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