Pedants' Paradise

[oddoneout]

showcase the magnificence of the organ that has played a central role in worship at York Minster for over 1,000 years”.

And I thought our parish church organ with some bits dating back to 1690 was old...

[oddoneout]

From the FT

In praise of Panzer’s, the poshest grocer’s in London

Grocer's what - name, shopfront, address?

[Roger Webb]

From the FT

Grocer's what - name, shopfront, address?

Well it is called the 'grocer's apostrophe'.....Banana's.....Apple's.....Tomatoe's etc!..... Why not apply it to the salesmen of those item's!!!

[Serial_Apologist]

Well it is called the 'grocer's apostrophe'.....Banana's.....Apple's.....Tomatoe's etc!..... Why not apply it to the salesmen of those item's!!!

Indeed - we're all commodities.

[vinteuil]

From the FT

Grocer's what - name, shopfront, address?

... I think I'm happy with "Panzer’s, the poshest grocer’s in London".

Grocer's [shop understood].

I would say "I'm just going to the grocer's" rather than *"I'm just going to the grocer".
Similarly "going to the chemist's / florist's "&c [shop understood]

Wouldn't you?

.

[Roger Webb]

Indeed - we're all commodities.

Yes, either vegetables or fruits!!! ?

[french frank]

... I think I'm happy with "Panzer’s, the poshest grocer’s in London".

Grocer's [shop understood].

I would say "I'm just going to the grocer's" rather than *"I'm just going to the grocer".
Similarly "going to the chemist's / florist's "&c [shop understood]

So: 'Panzer's and Partridges, the two poshest grocer's' in London'?

[Roger Webb]

... I think I'm happy with "Panzer’s, the poshest grocer’s in London".

Grocer's [shop understood].

I would say "I'm just going to the grocer's" rather than *"I'm just going to the grocer".
Similarly "going to the chemist's / florist's "&c [shop understood]

Wouldn't you?

.

I agree with your analysis, but an apostrophe use that is harder to explain is that in 'A friend of Keir Starmer's'......Keir Starmer's what?

[vinteuil]

I agree with your analysis, but an apostrophe use that is harder to explain is that in 'A friend of Keir Starmer's'......Keir Starmer's what?

... I think the explanation is "A friend [from among the set] of Keir Starmer's [friends]"

[oddoneout]

... I think I'm happy with "Panzer’s, the poshest grocer’s in London".

Grocer's [shop understood].

I would say "I'm just going to the grocer's" rather than *"I'm just going to the grocer".
Similarly "going to the chemist's / florist's "&c [shop understood]

Wouldn't you?

.

Yes I would say, and shop would be understood from the apostrophe. However, if I was writing an article for the FT I wouldn't write it and I think that is why it seems wrong. In the local rag or a popular magazine at the supermarket check-out it would be part of the chatty approachable style deemed necessary.

[vinteuil]

So: 'Panzer's and Partridges, the two poshest grocer's' in London'?

I wd prefer "Panzer's and Partridges, the two poshest grocers' in London"

[Roger Webb]

... I think the explanation is "A friend [from among the set] of Keir Starmer's [friends]"

Perhaps a group diminishing in size!!.....we may well soon see 'A friend of Keir Starmer' (and he American!)

Reminds me that our village drama group was so small, all we could stage was 'Robin Hood and his Merry Man'!

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes, either vegetables or fruits!!! ?

Nuts.

[french frank]

So: 'Panzer's and Partridges, the two poshest grocer's' in London'?

We have a local mag called Bishopston Matters, and coincidentally Facebook produces Bishopston Matters's post which looks odd but is perfectly correct - indeed how else could it be written? Bishopston Matters, its post?

[oddoneout]

"Scenes of graphic surgery"
I'm not convinced that cut and paste in a design studio needs a trigger warning. The cut and stitch in the operating theatre on the other hand might warrant it...