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« on: July 25, 2009, 20:50:24 »
Courtesy of Driver Potter (whose rather wonderful blog can be found at http://wimbledonparkdepot.spaces.live.com/). Not for the faint-hearted, and take with a significant pinch of salt because it's from The Sun, but here goes...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2542450/Sex-act-at-wheel-of-speeding-Virgin-train.html

"At the wheel" of a train indeed...
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« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2009, 21:02:05 »
Is this the one with electric locomotives on Virgin services? Wink

Seems the Sun have their rose tinted spectacles on.
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« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2009, 21:06:45 »
'A source close to the probe said: "He was considered a reliable driver but his career looks like it has hit the buffers.'


A source close to the probe?? More like some giggling sub or copy editor. British journalism at it's best Roll Eyes
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« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2009, 21:45:22 »
Quote from: bignosemac on July 25, 2009, 21:06:45
British journalism at it's best Roll Eyes

Greengrocer!
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« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2009, 21:53:24 »
Erm, no. A "greengrocer's apostrophe" (or, I suppose, a greengrocers' apostrophe, depending on how many greengrocers you're including in your reckoning) is one used, erroneously, in a plural (apple's, pear's etc).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Greengrocers.27_apostrophes

Putting an apostrophe in the genitive of "it", whilst incorrect, doesn't qualify (with apologies for my pedantry, bignosemac...).
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« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2009, 22:26:39 »
 Embarrassed Embarrassed ...and Im' usually so careful to ensure my post's are grammatically correct.
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« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2009, 22:52:50 »
Don't worry: it's only an apostrophe - it's not a catastrophe! Wink Grin Grin
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« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2009, 23:03:11 »
Well done Chris. Three of 'em, all in they're right place's.  Grin
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« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2009, 23:06:13 »
Quote from: bignosemac on July 25, 2009, 23:03:11
Well done Chris. Three of 'em, all in they're right place's.  Grin

Shouldn't that be "their"

Sorry  Lips sealed
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« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2009, 23:11:05 »
Quote from: devon_metro on July 25, 2009, 23:06:13
Quote from: bignosemac on July 25, 2009, 23:03:11
Well done Chris. Three of 'em, all in they're right place's.  Grin

Shouldn't that be "their"

Sorry  Lips sealed

 Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes I were trying to be ironic. You have irony in Devon don't ya? Cheesy
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« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2009, 23:18:53 »
I've often asked why the genitive of "it" has no apostrophe. The answer is always: "it's the exception that proves the rule".

Perhaps it's time for an apostrophe amnesty....
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« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2009, 23:24:45 »
Quote from: bignosemac on July 25, 2009, 23:11:05
Quote from: devon_metro on July 25, 2009, 23:06:13
Quote from: bignosemac on July 25, 2009, 23:03:11
Well done Chris. Three of 'em, all in they're right place's.  Grin

Shouldn't that be "their"

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 Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes I were trying to be ironic. You have irony in Devon don't ya? Cheesy

Damn - I had an in inkling that was the case!
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« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2009, 23:51:55 »
And here's surely a case for a missing apostrophe.......

http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Dr_Days_Junction3.jpg
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« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2009, 01:21:14 »
Quote from: Btline on July 25, 2009, 23:18:53
Perhaps it's time for an apostrophe amnesty....

Hmm.  Probably best if we don't let TerminalJunkie hear about any such suggestion here ... ?  Roll Eyes Shocked Grin
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2009, 09:19:42 »
Just thought I'd pop in and offer my thanks for looking in on the "crafty one off the wrist" story...

As someone mentioned it was written by The Sun, which is best described as the Beano with Sports Pages; personally I think that someone somewhere has taken liberties with the facts but it still makes for an entertaining read.

Hope you've enjoyed looking over the rest of the site.

All the best,
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