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In lugnet.castle, Alan Gerber writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Nan Zhou writes:
> > Why is the 6088 Robber's Retreat called that if it only has one funky robber
> > minifig but 2 ninjas and a samurai guy?
> Well, it shouldn't be called Robber's Retreat if it had more than one robber,
> since the s in robber's is only there to show possesion of the retreat by the
> robber.. If it had more than one robber, it should be Robbers' Retreat, since
> the when having possesion by a plural, the appostrophe goes after the s.
> (dang, I sound like an English teacher. TEST NEXT WEEK CLASS! IF YOU DON'T
> GET THIS YOU'RE FAILING!:-) )
Well, TLC are ESLers like me so they should be given a break ;-)
I'm not really given one ('specially not in english class!) but heck, let's be
nice - maybe they'll decide to return a favor and rerelease Guarded Inn ;-)
-Shiri
FUT .o-t.fun
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| (...) Heck, English is my fourth language, but that doesn't mean I'm any good at speaking the other three (well, two actually. I forgot almost all the German I knew from ages 2.5-5.5) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Well, it shouldn't be called Robber's Retreat if it had more than one robber, since the s in robber's is only there to show possesion of the retreat by the robber.. If it had more than one robber, it should be Robbers' Retreat, since the when (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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