Hi, Hope you dont mind my barging in but if I remember my grammar correctly (the bone of contention between the two of you) many a time for the sake of brevity and when it can be easily understood the name of an institution is shortend by adding apostrophe s. For example instead of saying I went to Loyola High School in the morning or instead of saying I studied in Don Bosco High School you simply say I went to Loyola's or I studied in Don Bosco's. Have a nice day. Richard.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony M Barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] St Xavier's College? > Cornel > > I think you have missed two obvious facts which makes > you think that you could not be wrong. > One: The Diocesan Society of Education runs the > college at Mapusa. (So obviously St Xavier's is not an > association that runs it.) > Second: St Xavier's College is very obviously a name > given to the college. In Canacona we have Shree > Mallikarjun College. Wouldn't it be funny to say Shree > Mallikarjun's College? > I know your mistaken justification stems from the wide > usage of St Xavier's. And usage is certainly a better > argument to insist on sticking to St Xavier's College > with some relaxation to the rules of grammar. > The second justification could be that St Xavier's as > it is used carries with it a hallow of prestige. > But illiterate expressions and bad use of grammar is > always irritating. It should have been particularly so > for an English native. > Best regards and good wishes for a meaningful > Christmas and beautiful New Year. > > Tony Martin > > ----- Original Message ----- > Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:25:06 -0000 > From: "Cornel DaCosta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] St Xavier's College? > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > Hi Tony > For someone presenting himself (below) as a freelance > writer and author, I am genuinly amazed, through the > question you pose, at your lack of awareness that, > there is absolutely no grammatical error in the usage > of "St. Xavier's College." Such usage does not imply > as per your assumption---the "possesive(sic)case." > Most people would know that St Xavier never owned a > school/college without you having to tell us so! > > What it implies and ever so obviously, is that an > association with the saint's name is used for the > school/college. Likewise, across the world,there are > many thousands of names of saints for streets, > buildings,churches, schools, colleges and even fashion > stores! > > In sum, the name is not used as a possessive case but > historically, as an associative one! > Cornel DaCosta, London, U.K. > > > **************************************************************************** ** > Anthony M Barreto aka Tony Martin > Freelance Writer and Author > Galgibaga, Canacona, Goa -- 403728 > M: 9422390701 R: 91-0832-2632012 > www.canacona.net > **************************************************************************** * > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
