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Author:  Fogmeister [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:36 am ]
Post subject:  How to spell/write this.
If you are writing about the restaurant Nando's (note the apostrophe in the name) and you are talking about something that belongs to the restaurant. i.e. their popularity with the public.

Would you wirte "Nando's' popularity"?

TVM

::EDIT:: or even "Nando's's" LOL! :lol: Or would you leave it at "Nando's"
Author:  pcernie [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How to spell/write this.
In that particular case, Nandos', maybe?
Author:  adidan [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How to spell/write this.
I'd write
Quote:
the popularity of Nando's


:)
Author:  Fogmeister [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:49 am ]
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adidan wrote:
I'd write
Quote:
the popularity of Nando's


:)

Ah! Yes, that makes it easier!
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How to spell/write this.
Just out of curiosity, are you writing about Nando's?

I've just had two lots of crap service recently. Wonder if they're going into decline.
Author:  Fogmeister [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How to spell/write this.
cloaked_wolf wrote:
Just out of curiosity, are you writing about Nando's?

I've just had two lots of crap service recently. Wonder if they're going into decline.

No, I was proof reading a friend's marketing homework and she was using them as a reference.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:42 pm ]
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cloaked_wolf wrote:
Just out of curiosity, are you writing about Nando's?

I've just had two lots of crap service recently. Wonder if they're going into decline.


I don't see what the fuss is personally, it's just KFC with a plate.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How to spell/write this.
adidan wrote:
I'd write
Quote:
the inexplicable popularity of Nando's


:)



LMFTFY. ;)

Nah. I enjoy the occasional Nando's really. About once every two years I think.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How to spell/write this.
Once I can purchase Nando's peri salt, I don't think I'd ever need to go there again!
Author:  rustybucket [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How to spell/write this.
The Economist Style Guide wrote:
Try to avoid using Lloyd's (the insurance market) as a possessive; it poses an insoluble problem


Your options are:

  1. Rewrite the sentence to avoid the problem - preferred
  2. Grit your teeth and treat 'Nando's' as if it were called 'Nando' i.e. Nando's popularity
Author:  leeds_manc [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How to spell/write this.
Adidan is correct, however I would have most definitely written "Nando's's popularity", because just how many opportunities do you get for doing that?
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How to spell/write this.
Contact them directly and asking the correct way to do so in order to comply with registered trademarks. However on this page “FAQ’s” has an apostrophe, as does the word “chicken’s” in the list of popular questions. :lol:

http://www.nandos.co.uk/contact-us

Note that RIM has a preferred way to handle a plural of their riot-friendly communication devices - and no, it’s not Blackberries.
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