Lilley's wife should have said:
" I am the wife of one the ministers ......." or better still
" I am Mrs Lilley, wife of Peter Lilley, a government minister who is at the
Number 10 function presently in progress. I have an invitation; here is my
identity and the invitation....."
Mrs Lilley's rather misleading choice of words got her into trouble ! Mr
Plod did the right thing.
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "JOHN DUGGAN" <john.duggan10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OtT Grad ND/ iPad/ Apostrophe.
> Quote from the Independent Wed 1-6-2010
>
> As an example of why the possessive apostrophe is still a necessity, Simon
> Carr's political sketch has no equal. he wrote,
> "Peter Lilley's wife tried to get into a Downing Street function saying,
> 'I'm one of the ministers' wives', The policeman: 'I couldn't let you in
> if you were the minister's only wife'." It's wonderful, but without the
> possessive apostrophe it would have been rendered meaningless.
> Regards
> John Duggan,
> Wales, UK
> ....................................................................................................................................................................................................
>
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> From: Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, 4 June, 2010 6:42:36
> Subject: Re: [OM] OT iPad (was "Which Grad ND system if any do you like?")
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>> Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> P.S. I hate having to go to the number screen to get an apostrophe
>> when the autocorrect gets derailed. Methinks Chris will not approve
>> that omission.
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> Pretty s'oon nobody will use apostroffe's anyhow !
>
> ...Wayne
>
> Wayne Harridge
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