Carlos Beltran    606465 Wed, 07 Apr 04 04:36 PM Hello, Is the " 's " necessary when forming the possesive of plurals noums or not? Should I write?: pingeons's food or: pingeons' food Thank you. Carlos. Carlos Beltran Plurals

	Einde O'Callaghan    606476 Wed, 07 Apr 04 04:37 PM "Hello, Is the " 's " necessary when forming the possesive of plurals noums or not? Should I write?: pingeons's food or: pingeons' food" I presume you mean "pigeons" - if we are taliing about the food of a specific group of pigeons then it would be "the pigeons' food" -but if we're talking about food suitable for pigeons then I'd use the two-word compound noun "pigeon food". Regards, Einde O'Callaghan Einde O'Callaghan Regards, Nouns, Plurals

	Django Cat    606477 Wed, 07 Apr 04 05:00 PM "Hello, Is the " 's " necessary when forming the possesive of plurals noums or not? Should I write?: pingeons's food or: pingeons' food" "I presume you mean "pigeons"" Carlos may mean 'penguins'. You do know why polar bears don't eat penguins? Cheers DC Django Cat Plurals, Polar Bears

	CyberCypher    606495 Wed, 07 Apr 04 06:04 PM Django Cat wrote on 07 Apr 2004: "Carlos may mean 'penguins'. You do know why polar bears don't eat penguins?" Yep. So near and yet so antipodally far. Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor. For email, ehziuh htiw rehpycrebyc ecalper. CyberCypher Polar Bears

	Django Cat    606497 Wed, 07 Apr 04 06:05 PM "Django Cat wrote on 07 Apr 2004:" "Carlos may mean 'penguins'. You do know why polar bears don't eat penguins?" "Yep. So near and yet so antipodally far." That has to be the fastest reply I've ever seen... the actual answer is 'because they can't get the silver paper off', which is probably only funny if you grew up in the UK or Ireland, where Penguins are a brand of chocolate biscuit... (how to make a gag fall totally flat lesson #1...) All the best DC Django Cat Polar Bears

	CyberCypher    606508 Wed, 07 Apr 04 06:19 PM Django Cat wrote on 07 Apr 2004: "Django Cat wrote on 07 Apr 2004: Yep. So near and yet so antipodally far." "That has to be the fastest reply I've ever seen... the actual answer is 'because they can't get the silver ... or Ireland, where Penguins are a brand of chocolate biscuit... (how to make a gag fall totally flat lesson #1...)" Ah, I don't know about those. All I know is that penguins are at the South Pole and polar bears at the North Pole. Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor. For email, ehziuh htiw rehpycrebyc ecalper. CyberCypher Polar Bears

	Django Cat    606509 Wed, 07 Apr 04 06:20 PM "Django Cat wrote on 07 Apr 2004:" "That has to be the fastest reply I've ever seen... ... (how to make a gag fall totally flat lesson #1...)" "Ah, I don't know about those. All I know is that penguins are at the South Pole and polar bears at the North Pole." Which is, of course, the sensible answer. Do Americans use 'silver paper' for the aluminium foil chocolate comes wrapped in? It's not as common in BrE as it used to be, and we'd talk about 'baking foil' for the stuff in which you'd cook a chicken (or indeed a pigeon, but hopefully not a penguin). DC Django Cat Polar Bears

	CyberCypher    606521 Wed, 07 Apr 04 06:37 PM Django Cat wrote on 07 Apr 2004: "Do Americans use 'silver paper' for the aluminium foil chocolate comes wrapped in? It's not as common in BrE as ... 'baking foil' for the stuff in which you'd cook a chicken (or indeed a pigeon, but hopefully not a penguin)." Yes, we do. Same in Taiwan, only the silver paper is multicolored. Penguins are much too fatty and would probably raise one's bad cholesterol levels too much. Besides, undressing them would be too messy. Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor. For email, ehziuh htiw rehpycrebyc ecalper. CyberCypher