[nq:1]Seen today on Ace (part of Teletext (UK)): "The Kaiser Chiefs's new video" Since when has a plural ending in "s" taken a possessive by adding "'s"?[/nq] "The Kaiser Chiefs" is a singular football team, so it makes some sort of sense, and takes up less letters than "The new video of the Kaiser Chiefs."
Could one not say "The Green Bay Packers's quarterback"?
[nq:2]Seen today on Ace (part of Teletext (UK)): "The Kaiser ... plural ending in "s" taken a possessive by adding "'s"?[/nq] [nq:1]"The Kaiser Chiefs" is a singular football team,[/nq] In America, yes, but sports teams are plural in the UK, which is where it appeared. [nq:1]so it makes some sort of sense, and takes up less letters than "The new video of the Kaiser Chiefs."[/nq] Bu
[nq:2]Seen today on Ace (part of Teletext (UK)): "The Kaiser ... plural ending in "s" taken a possessive by adding "'s"?[/nq] [nq:1]"The Kaiser Chiefs" is a singular football team, so it makes some sort of sense, and takes up less letters than "The new video of the Kaiser Chiefs." Could one not say "The Green Bay Packers's quarterback"?[/nq] I'd made out they were a pop group. Well, indie-
[nq:1]I'd made out they were a pop group. Well, indie-rock (if that counts) by the looks of it.[/nq] They seem to be both (see last entry under Gig Guides at http://tinyurl.com/4jlor). But, singular band or singular team, the English usage issue is the same.
[nq:2]"The Kaiser Chiefs" is a singular football team,[/nq] [nq:1]In America, yes, but sports teams are plural in the UK, which is where it appeared.[/nq] So: "The Green Bay Packers's new video" and: "Chelseas' new video"?
[nq:1]Seen today on Ace (part of Teletext (UK)): "The Kaiser Chiefs's new video" Since when has a plural ending in "s" taken a possessive by adding "'s"?[/nq] Frank Zappa's description of music journalism should suffice here:-
"Most rock journalism consists of people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk for the benefit of people who can't read".
[nq:2]Seen today on Ace (part of Teletext (UK)): "The Kaiser ... plural ending in "s" taken a possessive by adding "'s"?[/nq] [nq:1]Frank Zappa's description of music journalism should suffice here:- "Most rock journalism consists of people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk for the benefit of people who can't read".[/nq] Spoo-kee! I saw that quote for the first time in my
[nq:2]Frank Zappa's description of music journalism should suffice here:- "Most ... can't talk for the benefit of people who can't read".[/nq] [nq:1]Spoo-kee! I saw that quote for the first time in my life on a website only this morning. Déjà lu.[/nq] Was it this one? http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/f/fr
[nq:1]Was it this one? http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/f/frank zappa 961.php?id=961&s=8&np=2[/nq] No, that'd be too good to be true. It was here: http://members.iinet.net.au/~louknee/rockbytes/qu
[nq:1]"'s"?[/nq] [nq:2]In America, yes, but sports teams are plural in the UK, which is where it appeared.[/nq] [nq:1]So: "The Green Bay Packers's new video" and: "Chelseas' new video"?[/nq] US usage only The name of a team that ends with a plural (even one formed irregularly), is treated as a grammatical plural. Ergo: "The Yankees' fifth consecutive win. The Red Sox' first World Serie