Comments on: Is it photo’s or photos?

By: Gordon Johnson

Gordon Johnson — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 15:27:52 +0000

Strawb’s, pot’s and tom’s are all examples of BAD English usage. That slovenly use of the language should not be used as an excuse to add an apostrophe to an obviously plural word.
If I wrote … the pot’s lid, it would mean the lid of a pot; nothing to do with potatoes.
The apostrophe is used to indicate the possessive. e.g “the photo’s colour saturation”, which is not a plural

By: Graham Lester George

Graham Lester George — Wed, 25 May 2016 23:51:24 +0000

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The apostrophe in “photo’s” has nothing to do with pluralising. The apostrophe is there to replace the missing letters of “photographs”. Just as my mother would write on her shopping list: Punnet of strawb’s; 2lb pot’s; 1lb of tom’s; collect photo’s from chemist’s shop. Strawberries – Strawb’s; Potatoes – Pot’s; Tomatoes – Tom’s; Photo’s – Photographs.