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surfer-joe said:
More to global business these days than just what's on the surface.
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Your exactly right about globilization - I think the future will be run by mega-corportations not countries. It is already headed that way - take private security companies, the governments are already outsourcing hired guns. Now I don't believe in conspiracies but it's just natural progression of global economics.
 
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Chevy's
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Actually, it'd be Chevys -- an apostrophe doesn't indicate plurality (boys, girls, machines, Bobcats, Cats, Deeres, Chevys for plurals. Boys', girl's, Cat's, Those Deeres' -- those indicate the possessive of something -- Boys' club, that girl's) house, Cat's shareholders, Those Deeres' engines are all the same).
 
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Tigerotor77W said:
Actually, it'd be Chevys -- an apostrophe doesn't indicate plurality (boys, girls, machines, Bobcats, Cats, Deeres, Chevys for plurals. Boys', girl's, Cat's, Those Deeres' -- those indicate the possessive of something -- Boys' club, that girl's) house, Cat's shareholders, Those Deeres' engines are all the same).
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Now thats a Hi-jack!:D
 
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Tigerotor77W said:
Actually, it'd be Chevys -- an apostrophe doesn't indicate plurality (boys, girls, machines, Bobcats, Cats, Deeres, Chevys for plurals. Boys', girl's, Cat's, Those Deeres' -- those indicate the possessive of something -- Boys' club, that girl's) house, Cat's shareholders, Those Deeres' engines are all the same).
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Who learnt you to spell? :cool2

You are correct in that the usage of the apostophe indicates the possesive form, but in most cases, nouns that end in "Y" take "ies" as their plural form. Army/armies, beauty/beauties, company/companies, levy/levies, and Chevy...(pause for effect)....Chevies. :rolleyes:

And now, back to the other direction the thread is going, because CM1995 and surfer-joe are having an interesting discussion...
 
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digger242j said:
Who learnt you to spell? :cool2

You are correct in that the usage of the apostophe indicates the possesive form, but in most cases, nouns that end in "Y" take "ies" as their plural form. Army/armies, beauty/beauties, company/companies, levy/levies, and Chevy...(pause for effect)....Chevies. :rolleyes:

And now, back to the other direction the thread is going, because CM1995 and surfer-joe are having an interesting discussion...
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Chevy is a proper noun (a name) which means the word is not changed but added too. I didn't know we were being all technical and such or I wouldn't have put the apostraphe in there.

It is the way Tiger said, "Chevys". If you were talking about the trucks bumper (ex. The Chevy's bumper is broken.) the apostrophe would be appropiate although this wasn't the context that you used the word in.


NOW, back to the interesting discussion. :thumbsup
 
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Dammit! :Banghead Ya got me on that one CB.

BTW...

If you were talking about the trucks bumper...
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Which two or more trucks was that?

Or were all the trucks' bumpers broken?

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digger242j said:
Dammit! :Banghead Ya got me on that one CB.

BTW...



Which two or more trucks was that?

Or were all the trucks' bumpers broken?

:D
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Hmmm.....should I play the "typo" card........ or the "too lazy to put in the apostraphe" card. :D
 
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:Banghead But I try so hard..... :D
 
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I got to thinking about it, and I owe an apology to Tigerotor77W too, since he had it right and I disagreed with him. (Although, his explanation was less than complete, as he failed to address the fact that "Chevy" is a proper noun, even though I'd already made the mistake. Nice of him to leave me with enough rope to hang myself...):pointhead

Now we can get back to the interesting discussion, although I have a feeling that by now CM1995 and surfer-joe are trying to distance themselves as much as possible from this whole thread... :rolleyes:
 
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digger242j said:
I got to thinking about it, and I owe an apology to Tigerotor77W too, since he had it right and I disagreed with him.
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Aww, it's okay! :cool2

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Although, his explanation was less than complete,
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Hey, Mister! I'm gonna get you for that one! :mad:

I guess I'm okay at pulling threads off topic... this one certainly followed. :) Oops.
 
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Oh yeah??

Countryboy said:
Chevy is a proper noun (a name) which means the word is not changed but added too. I didn't know we were being all technical and such or I wouldn't have put the apostraphe in there.

It is the way Tiger said, "Chevys". If you were talking about the trucks bumper (ex. The Chevy's bumper is broken.) the apostrophe would be appropiate although this wasn't the context that you used the word in.


NOW, back to the interesting discussion. :thumbsup
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Just as a matter of conversation, before your reply above, CB, I asked my wife's opinion. (She's got a pretty good command of the English language, and I respect her opinion). Since she happened to be sitting at her computer at the time, she fired off the question to Chevrolet's customer service address, asking specifically, "Does your company have a preference?"

The reply, (and I swear I'm not making this up):

Service Request: 71-500653107
Customer Relationship Specialist: Kristy Lalonde

Dear Mrs. (digger),

Thank you for contacting the Chevrolet Customer Assistance Center. We appreciate you taking the time to write us in regards to your email inquiry.

It really all depends how you are using the word. If you are speaking about more than one, than the correct term would be "Chevies," whereas, "Chevy's is possessive.

If you should need to contact us in the future, simply reply to this message or call our Chevrolet Customer Assistance Center at 1-800-222-1020. Customer Relationship Specialists are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

Again, thank you for contacting Chevrolet.

Sincerely,


The Chevrolet Consumer Support Team




Service Request# 71-500653107

[SR:71-500653107]
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:p

CB, you can contact Ms. Lalonde and explain to her how it's supposed to work... :beatsme
 
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It really all depends how you are using the word. If you are speaking about more than one, than the correct term would be "Chevies," whereas, "Chevy's is possessive.
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You got me between a rock and a hard place. On one hand I could say Chevrolet doesn't know what they are talking about, which would surely bring ridicule in my other brainchild thread "Chevy, Dodge or Ford". On the other hand, I could agree and then be wrong in what I stated in this thread. :confused:

I shall review my options.......aw tha heck with it.........the word in bold in the quote above should be "then" instead of "than", since "than" shows comparison, which is not the case, and "then" shows a place in time. I shall take the safe road and say that one and ONLY one person at Chevrolet doesn't know what they are talking about. :D

Now about the Chevy issue, I wasn't gonna use my big guns but since you are asking for it....... :guns

My mom is a 10th grade English teacher and I had mentioned it to her about middle ways through this thread. Well, guess what she said.......I think I stated it above. Chevys :thumbsup

I don't make the rules......:beatsme But I do know who did. :cool2

(and I swear I'm not making this up)
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:bouncegri
 
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I hadn't even noticed the then/than mistake, but I agree entirely. Obviously Chevy has their best people building trucks, and the illiterates working the customer service department.


My mom is a 10th grade English teacher and I had mentioned it to her about middle ways through this thread.
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:eek: That's no fair! That's like having Ted Williams batting cleanup for your little league team. :mad:

I shall take the safe road and say that one and ONLY one person at Chevrolet doesn't know what they are talking about.
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"They" is plural. :p (I'm telling your mom!)

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digger242j said:
:eek: That's no fair! That's like having Ted Williams batting cleanup for your little league team. :mad:
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There were no rules to picking teams. You picked your wife but since mine can't spell "alphabet", I chose my mom. :bouncegri


digger242j said:
"They" is plural. :p (I'm telling your mom!)

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And the teaching continues........ (your gonna lose this one too) :D

"They" is an acceptable substitution for the "he/she" phrase when speaking of a person where the gender is unknown.

"Does your company have a pereference?"
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And to add insult to injury.......you spelled "preference" wrong. :roll
 
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"They" is an acceptable substitution for the "he/she" phrase when speaking of a person where the gender is unknown.
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Well. Maybe Chevy does have a guy named Kristy... :rolleyes:


And to add insult to injury.......you spelled "preference" wrong.
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Prove it. :bouncegri
 
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