Today I would like to do a quick survey about an important (or trivial) matter – depending on your viewpoint.
Are you passionate about the apostrophe?
Would you prefer: Chandler’s Ford, or Chandlers Ford? Tell me.
Please spare one minute to do this survey. Argue your point vehemently if you like. I’ll reveal the result in a few days’ time.
Please ask your friends and families to do this survey too. Thank you. Survey: Chandler’s Ford or Chandlers Ford?
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The answer to this questions lies in the origins of the place name, which is described at Chandler’s Ford on Wikipedia.
Having read that page, I say the apostrophe is appropriate…!
Hi Ray,
Thanks for joining in the discussion. Many people share the same view as you — Chandler’s Ford. Please also read some wonderful, colourful dialogues on this post, Welcome To Chandler’s Ford Today.
Wikipedia, Google maps and ordnance survey all agree on Chandler’s, so that is what it should be.
Hi Ruby,
Good point on ordnance survey. Thank you. I would think ordnance survey is an important reference.
I’m showing an image here as reference.
And, as a grammar pedant, apostrophes (correctly placed) are always important.
I love a pedant.
Please look at this sign:
My question to you: Do you think ‘practicing’ is used correctly here? I think it should be ‘practising’. What is your view? Thanks.
Interestingly I was pondering over this question in a document at work last week.
In this context it should definitely be “practising”. The word being used is unequivocally a verb (the full sentence would be “one of the early doctors who was practising). A noun would be something like “the practicing of medicate has been occurring in Chandler’s Ford since…” (a very clunky sentence I know, but it illustrates my point). But even then I’m not sure, as “practicing” is a gerund not a noun so maybe it should follow the verb spelling?