Westerly Sentor for sale

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Just noticed in the PBO classified section tghis month that there is a Westerly Sentor for sail. Having owned and sailed a number of Westerly’s, I could not recall a Sentor but after a few minutes, the geriatric grey matter re-processed the name to a Centaur. Hope the mistake was not that of PBO advertising staff.
 
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a Westerly Sentor for sail.

[/ QUOTE ] No I think you will find it is for <u>sale</u> . /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

The ads are not processed by PBO staff but by IPC's advertising department somewhere in the smoke I believe.

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Having owned and sailed a number of Westerly’s

[/ QUOTE ] a number of Westerly's what? Sorry I guess you meant Westerlies. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

You make fun of one persons mistake and you have to be very careful not to make any yourself.

One of my favourites was the ad in our local rag for a "Lada fridge"
 
Well, since Westerly made boats, I'd assume "a number of Westerly's" is a number of boats made by Westerly. Alternatively "a number of Westerlies" could be a number of boats called Westerly.

Both right, both wrong.

Yes I do own a Sentor, err Centor, err Centaur. OK slightly tub shaped thing with sales, or sails.

Just a thought though. Since Westerly went bust more than once, there were several companies called Westery. Therefore it may be possible the it should have been "a number of Westerlys'". Note the position of the '. Or is it "'"? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
The plural of westerly, as in wind, is, without doubt, westerlies. However the normal rules may not apply to a proper name, so the question is whether the plural of Westerly, as in Westerly Yachts, is Westerlies or Westerlys.

The way round the dilemma is of course to make the singular a "Westerly yacht" and the plural "Westerly yachts".

The use of an apostrophe denotes either the possesive or the omission a letter such as the "i" in "is". The factory where Westerly yachts were built would be correctly refered as Westerly's factory or the Westerly factory Please note, though, that an apostophe is not used to form the possesive "its". "It's" always means the shortened form of "it is".

Never could spell or do English grammar anyway.
 
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is'nt

[/ QUOTE ] That should be isn't because it is the shortened form of is not.
 
Great stuff - As VicS nearly says it is essential to distinguish the genitive apostrophe (boy's toys and boys' toys - depending on the number of boys rather than the number of toys) from the apostrophe of elision (that's it, it's here, he's right)

Now can we get back to boats?
 
Re: Getting back to boats . . .

Here's one we saw today - do you reckon the signwriter got paid?

(Yes, that IS an 'n' . . . )

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- Nick
 
The botton line is that we are all a bit iliterate at times and make mishtakes - none of us are purfect when it comes to the intricacies of English grammer and shpelling - not even those folk with Englush degrees and such like.

Its interesting to see that 'should of been' is now universally used in the Englush langwich when it shud be 'should have been'......

I love those glass bottons - keep 'em comin'! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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