I am applying for a placement and one of the requirements is to have an interest in Heavy goods vehicles; and yes I do have one. I like trucks and buses… but how would I show this in an application form.

It’s like if some body asked me why I like bikes… ah I just do I guess; they put a smile on my face.

Cheers 🙂

I like big Trucks, geeez a placement

a penchant for Yorkie bars and east anglian hookers?

What? Too soon?

a penchant for Yorkie bars and east anglian hookers?

No no no!

It bacon, Yorkie bars and hookers.

It’s like if some body asked me why I like bikes… ah I just do I guess; they put a smile on my face.

How?
Why?
Repeat, many times.
Keep asking these questions about the HGVs and write down the answers. Then pick the least abnormal ones.
Your enthusiasm will shine through.

“I have an interest in HGV’s and PSV’s specifically blah blah blah”

blahs being replaced with some specific detail which marks you out as being someone with an interest, e.g

“specifically the development of rear axle steering systems and how this could affect smaller vehicles in a commercial environment.”

muckytee, same intrest as me.

Basicly its the power, the adaptability of the chasis to do so many differnt jobs,the ability to be easily repaired or upgraded, the huge amount of development and technology that goes into both the manufacturing and how most people dont realise all the work that allows one driver to safely deliver their box of cornflake by lgv,or yourchild to school or you to work by bus.

Then there are people like Sir Brian Souter, and Ann Gloag who started Stagecoach, now a global transport company, or Eddie Stobart, Norbert Destentangle, and many more who have created huge empires using buses and lgv,s, without whom UK PLC would fail to deliver.

Can i have a placement please.

Go for the sympathy vote. Tell them you’re HGV positive.

“im a keen mechanophile” should do it.

Join the Eddie stobart fan club.

watch some Guy Martin

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9lmCpIzhFo[/video]?

Try to frame the answer in terms of the irresistible sexual allure of all motor vehicles, and HGVs in particular. Then go on to describe your own love of drivers, and how this arose in your personal development. If you feel that you need a little bit more, perhaps talk a little about lorry drivers having all the best porn and lots of time to enjoy it and themselves.

That should do it, I would have thought…

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MdVPqDQeRE&sns=em [/video]

Tell them you were conceived in a DAF 3300 DXK. Or was it a Volvo FL4? or a Renault R360, or a Mercedes SK, or…or….. or…… The details are hazy, but it was definitely a truck. Unless it was that time in the ditch.

You’ll need to learn that the plural of HGV is HGVs, not HGV’s.

Is bike’s the plural of bike?

No.

How then might you pluralise the abbreviation of Member of Parliament?

How then might you pluralise the abbreviation of Member of Parliament?

Certainly not by using an apostrophe… 👿

Nor by using a beefburger, we could have a long thread about how we would not do it. However, I wanted to know how it should be done.

You’ll need to learn that the plural of HGV is HGVs, not HGV’s.

Is bike’s the plural of bike?

You’re correct. Give yourself a pat on the back for feeling superior to someone on the internet you’ve never met.

Members of Parliament or MPs.

Plurals

Most words are pluralised by adding an s. It is wrong to add an apostrophe in this case. Example: the plural of apple is apples (not apple’s). One exception to this is abbreviations, where it is now acceptable to add an apostrophe. Example: the plural of MP is MP’s It is, however, always correct to write MPs without an apostrophe, and this is probably the preferred convention.
Acceptable is not the same as correct.

So you advocate ‘Member of Parliaments’? Why not MsP?

No.

To which question was ‘no’ the answer?

what about “magistrates court”?

Tell them you have watched every episode of Ice Road Truckers, Eddie Stobart Trucks & Trailers, World’s Toughest Trucker etc etc.

The plural of Member of Parliament is Members of Parliament and the plural abbreviation is MPs.

I used to put I liked tractors on my cv but now I just say I’m an extractor fan.

Smokey and the Bandit 2.

http://www.clubstobart.co.uk/

The plural of Member of Parliament is Members of Parliament and the plural abbreviation is MPs.

so say you.

MP is not a word but a word reference. In this case the apostrophe serves to clarify the plural of the abbreviation. The rule of apostrophes is not as simple as many imagine. If you wanted to know how many times the letter a appeared in a sentence. How would you phrase it?

How many as are in this sentence?
How many a’s are in this sentence?

etc

What if i wanted to know how many were graded 7s and how many were graded 7?

like – there were three 7s and 4 7ss?

You might actually find that the word “of” is relevant and the fact that MP is an abbreviation.
MPs or Ms of P.
The grammatical function of the apostrophe is to demonstrate possession or contraction and that a letter(s) is/are missing. Not the plural.
I don’t understand what you’re (you are) trying to do with the sevens apart from getting confused between the spoken word and written word.

The grammatical function of the apostrophe is to demonstrate possession or contraction and that a letter(s) is/are missing. Not the plural.

But those are not its only functions. It can also be used to pluralise letters and word references.

The sevens were just an extension of the How many a’s task.

As already stated there are modern day accepted uses, so I’m still strugggling to see your point.
This is quite a good article.

In the United Kingdom there is no such institution
as an Academy in the French style. Therefore
no strict “rules” were established regarding
this matter, and they have evolved over time.2

While you’re here, could you explain why we double the “g” in big when using the comparative bigger?

As already stated there are modern day accepted uses, so I’m still strugggling to see your point.

Well, MP’s and HGV’s might then be acceptable

While you’re here, could you explain why we double the “g” in big when using the comparative bigger?

I’m not sure i understand the question, big->bigger is not a special case. Are you asking why that particular rule exists?

No, because their not within the boundarys of acceptability.
Now, back to big??

Well, they are abbreviations and some find the use of the apostrophe in the pluralisation of abbreviations to be acceptable, especially when they serve to clarify.

With regard to big, you need to clarify in response to my question.

I’ll let the their / they’re pass shall I?

especially when they serve to clarify.

These are generally called exceptions, aren’t they?

I’ll let the their / they’re pass shall I?

I feel that the altenative spelling is wholly acceptable, as I do in not changing the y to ies in boundaries. 😉

These are generally called exceptions, aren’t they?

perhaps so, but they are still acceptable

but about ‘big’ can you clarify?

I’m not sure i understand the question, big->bigger is not a special case. Are you asking why that particular rule exists?

perhaps so, but they are still acceptable

Of course it’s acceptable but it’s the exception and not the rule, that is to clarify any ambiguity. If there is no ambiguity, there is no need for the apostrophe. So, in the thread title the apostrophe is not necessary and in fact the use of it makes the sentence ambiguous and as a cosequence incorrect. The same with MPs, I can’t think of an example where using MP’s would be necessary through ambiguitiness. 😕

Why do we double the final consonant in the adjective big?