peoples' 

Quote from: Bealman on December 05, 2015, 05:19:45 AM
peoples' 

The dreaded apostrophe again - I was always taught, (a long time ago!), that an apostrophe was only used to signify a missing letter, (or letters).    But I'm, (see what I did there?), drifting of topic - sorry Mod's, (oops, done it again).  . David.

Well as always I was excited as a five year old in a lolly shop to find the latest edition had arrived. Did you usual flick thru last night to save it for the three hour train trip to work. Top articles as always and I'm always impressed by what I read and see and as always thank you to those who have made it so.
So since my train was now an hour and a bit late due to a freight train breakdown in front I decided to do my bit to help the journal and write up an article on cheap control panels so hopefully it will make the grade and you all get to see it some time soon

Quote from: Bealman on December 05, 2015, 05:19:45 AM
peoples' 

Disagree. The "s" is only there for possessive purposes, not the plural of people, therefore it's "people's".

Testing the observation of peoples is a much bigger task!

I     

Quote from: dannyboy on December 05, 2015, 05:32:26 AM
But I'm, (see what I did there?), drifting of topic - sorry Mod's, (oops, done it again).  . David.

Puts pedantic head on - I think you meant 'off' topic
Removes head before someone else does it for me

Quote from: newportnobby on December 05, 2015, 01:20:21 PM
Puts pedantic head on - I think you meant 'off' topic
Removes head before someone else does it for me

Oh, I dunno ... the topic has drifted quite a way ...

Sad to see some of the "usual suspects" come out as I had predicted, however 

I think we need to remember that everyone can make mistakes. It's also worth remembering that the filling of committee positions is rarely and easy task. I have been a member of a specialist tropical fish association for 38 years, and currently vice chairman of it. There is just a handful of our committee who are what I would call active in running and furthering us. If we lost our editor, who by the way is not perfect, we would really struggle to fill his position.

Grammatical errors. I have had several articles published in Practical Fishkeeping over the years. A previous editor of this magazine told me they have to bin around 70% of what they get sent, as it is so full of errors and all over the place.

Personally I quite like the recent format of NGS journals, and whilst I have never met Graham Hedges I think he needs to be cut some slack guys. I am making the assumption that there is not a bevy of wanna be editors waiting in the wings?

I have been a member of NGS longer than I care to remember and I would suggest that the Journal has improved dramatically since Graham took over and the last edition was probably the best ever. Even the professional magazines and newspapers have grammatical and spelling errors as spellchecks don't always pick up the fact it is the  wrong word. Proof reading is a time consuming, boring task and after while you see what you expect to see.
I like a previous contributor have decided not to renew my subscription to Model Rail as the cost of postage to Canada no longer justifies the purchase when the NGS Journal has reached the standard it has and provides a wide range of articles but particularly the trade information and evaluation of N gauge focussed products. There will always be articles that are not relevant to one's specific interest but even then there is often ideas that one can build on.
Congratulations Graham and keep up the good work!
Keith
Dundas, Ontario.

Quote from: geminijkr on December 05, 2015, 04:44:35 PM
I have been a member of NGS longer than I care to remember and I would suggest that the Journal has improved dramatically since Graham took over

Hear hear!

Quote from: dannyboy on December 05, 2015, 05:32:26 AM
The dreaded apostrophe again - I was always taught, (a long time ago!), that an apostrophe was only used to signify a missing letter, (or letters). 

Then I'm afraid you were taught wrong ;-}

http://www.eng-lang.co.uk/apostrophe_rules.htm

Quote from: trkilliman on December 05, 2015, 03:07:49 PM
Personally I quite like the recent format of NGS journals, and whilst I have never met Graham Hedges I think he needs to be cut some slack guys. I am making the assumption that there is not a bevy of wanna be editors waiting in the wings?

Two nails hit squarely on their heads there.

He's doing the job for free. While that isn't an excuse for doing things badly, the fact is that he isn't doing it badly -- he's doing it rather well. Maybe not to everyone's taste, but the journal now has a clear focus and vision -- namely promoting the modelling side of the hobby through publishing a variety of how-to articles pitched at different skill levels.

And yes, there's a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking going on here and elsewhere. Grahame has repeatedly asked for articles, not to mention a deputy to help him out, so it's not like he's actively excluding others from getting involved with the journal.

Cheers, NeMo

Quote from: keithfre on December 05, 2015, 04:55:43 PM

Quote from: dannyboy on December 05, 2015, 05:32:26 AM
The dreaded apostrophe again - I was always taught, (a long time ago!), that an apostrophe was only used to signify a missing letter, (or letters). 

Then I'm afraid you were taught wrong ;-}

http://www.eng-lang.co.uk/apostrophe_rules.htm

Not sure what you are saying Keithfre - the first part of that webpage states -

"In UK and US English, the apostrophe is used:

To indicate the possessive.
To indicate missing letters. (my italics)
Sometimes to indicate the structure of unusual words."

Just an observation. Sorry Mod's, off the original topic I know.    David.

Quote from: dannyboy on December 05, 2015, 08:48:44 PM

Quote from: keithfre on December 05, 2015, 04:55:43 PM

Quote from: dannyboy on December 05, 2015, 05:32:26 AM
The dreaded apostrophe again - I was always taught, (a long time ago!), that an apostrophe was only used to signify a missing letter, (or letters). 

Then I'm afraid you were taught wrong ;-}

http://www.eng-lang.co.uk/apostrophe_rules.htm

Not sure what you are saying Keithfre - the first part of that webpage states -

"In UK and US English, the apostrophe is used:

To indicate the possessive.
To indicate missing letters. (my italics)
Sometimes to indicate the structure of unusual words."

Just an observation. Sorry Mod's, off the original topic I know.    David.

Hi

Read your own quote. You say "an apostrophe is only used to signify missing letters"

Cheers

Paul

I'm of t' opinion th' an apostrophe should b'used t' slow t' reader down so th't hes' better able t'understand t'sentence.

Quote from: PaulCheffus on December 05, 2015, 09:23:05 PM

Quote from: dannyboy on December 05, 2015, 08:48:44 PM

Quote from: keithfre on December 05, 2015, 04:55:43 PM

Quote from: dannyboy on December 05, 2015, 05:32:26 AM
The dreaded apostrophe again - I was always taught, (a long time ago!), that an apostrophe was only used to signify a missing letter, (or letters). 

Then I'm afraid you were taught wrong ;-}

http://www.eng-lang.co.uk/apostrophe_rules.htm

Not sure what you are saying Keithfre - the first part of that webpage states -

"In UK and US English, the apostrophe is used:

To indicate the possessive.
To indicate missing letters. (my italics)
Sometimes to indicate the structure of unusual words."

Just an observation. Sorry Mod's, off the original topic I know.    David.

Hi
Read your own quote. You say "an apostrophe is only used to signify missing letters"
Cheers
Paul

Touché - maybe I should not have used the word 'only', however, that is what I was taught and, having used the rule for nearly 60 years, it's a bit late to change now.  Maybe we should get back on topic.    David.