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[Seanspeed]

Eh... if it is a possessive 's', you get an apostrophe. So it's Fred's, providing you talk about 'Fred's moustache'. When you talk 'Fred' in the plural sense: 'We had two Freds in the class last year', there is no apostrophe.
 
I hope I am right. Damn my sig!

Yup, that's right. And lastly, as ollebampa talked about several faces of Fred, it would be Fred's faces(plural on the faces part).

[Nemo1965]

Yup, that's right. And lastly, as ollebampa talked about several faces of Fred, it would be Fred's faces(plural on the faces part).

 

And if it is about the faces of two Freds (in the same team!), it would be 'Freds' faces'.

 

Oh my head!

[ollebompa]

What about the two Freds's faces's noses?

[AlexS]

So who will get a benefit from hard tires Pirelli choose for Monza ? Sauber already came out criticising - seems their car can't get heat in those tires -. Ferrari also hasn't been very good in most hard tires.

[AlexS]

Another, since the big breaking at end of straight is very hard could we expect brake troubles? 

[David Lightman]

I wonder how Massa will manage to screw up this weekend?

[Exb]

Press conference line up:
Thurs: Hamilton, Rosberg, Alonso, Bottas, Magnussen and Chilton.

Friday: Wolff, Horner, Mattiacci, Booth, Lopez and Hembery

[HeadFirst]

I wonder how Massa will manage to screw up this weekend?

 

I have no idea, but I am sure we will hear why it wasn't his fault on Monday.

[Afterburner]

I wonder how Massa will manage to screw up this weekend?

If it rains, my money's on a spin under a safety car (formation lap not excluded). Either that, or he could always attempt to prove a point to his teammate.

[lbennie]

I wonder if kimi will be giving tows to fernando in Q this year

[Pingu Pi]

I wonder if kimi will be giving tows to fernando in Q this year

Bennie, your avatar always freaks me out when i see it. It's all kinds of creepy.

[chrisc001]

I've got a feeling that due to the high stress Monza places on engines, Hamiltons engine will go pop this weekend.

Edited by chrisc001, 04 September 2014 - 11:52.

[Miggeex]

This start is one of the most nerve cracking usually. Surviving T1 is pretty much just about luck. Being too careful costs lots of positions also. 

[ollebompa]

Bennie, your avatar always freaks me out when i see it. It's all kinds of creepy.

It's Keke Jr.

[PARAZAR]

Press conference line up:
Thurs: Hamilton, Rosberg, Alonso, Bottas, Magnussen and Chilton.

Friday: Wolff, Horner, Mattiacci, Booth, Lopez and Hembery

At what time is it? 

[blacky]

15:00 italian time.

[Jon83]

I wonder how Massa will manage to screw up this weekend?

 

Someone will crash him (even if no other car is anywhere near him)

[Jon83]

I've got a feeling that due to the high stress Monza places on engines, Hamiltons engine will go pop this weekend.

 

Does Hamilton's engine stress more than others?

[bonjon1979a]

Loving Alonso in the press conference. Mans a legend.

[ANF]

[SheIsDisaster]

Alonso jokes he can be peace ambassador for Mercedes 

 

[kosmos]

Alonso jokes he can be peace ambassador for Mercedes 

 

 

 

I think is the opposite, he said he can't or he isn't.

[GoldenColt]

Alonso jokes he can be peace ambassador for Mercedes 

 

 

Asking a warlord if he can be an ambassador of peace.

[SheIsDisaster]

I think is the opposite, he said he can't or he isn't.

 

First, he joked: 'yes'

[AlmightyGod]

Alonso is confusing, when speaking, he leans forward like he is gonna burp and then nothing.

[Jejking]

Alonso is confusing, when speaking, he leans forward like he is gonna burp and then nothing.

So you're expecting a burp, but that wouldn't be polite on TV.

[BillBald]

What about the two Freds's faces's noses?

 

I think you mean the two Freds' faces' noses.

[HoldenRT]

That was a really funny press conference.

 

I'm pretty sure you pretty much can't a word seriously of what was said by anyone (except maybe Bottas or Chilton/Mag)..

It was like they were all called into the principals office and all just couldn't wait to get out there and go back outside and play.. and all they wanted to go was get through it without causing more drama.  It was pretty ironic that Alonso was sat beside them, lots of funny moments but hard to take any of it seriously.  You could say most press conferences are like this, especially when Kimi is there but this one was 1000x more than usual.

 

Come lap 1 of the race, all of it will be forgotten.  That's why I love the races so much, they can't be controlled (no matter how much the teams try) and unpredictable things happen.  True feelings come out.

[Ducks]

Alonso jokes he can be peace ambassador for Mercedes 

 

 

God help us if Fernando ever got his hands on a Mercedes

[ollebompa]

I think you mean the two Freds' faces' noses.

Obviously I ment that!

[Maustinsj]

I'd just like to say that I'm enjoying this grammatical banter immensely! Maybe not all interweb users are numbskulls 

Edited by Maustinsj, 04 September 2014 - 21:37.

[Jovanotti]

I'd just like to say that I'm enjoying this grammatical banter immensely! Maybe not all interweb users are numbskulls.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

[Maustinsj]

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

 

You may not be surprised to know that I have that song 

[discover23]

Cool to see JPM back in The F1 circle this weekend after so many years .

http://twitter.com/S...6459009/photo/1

[lbennie]

Cool to see JPM back in The F1 circle this weekend after so many years .

http://twitter.com/S...6459009/photo/1

 

Ron is getting desperate and calling up all his scorned drivers, it seems.

[MortenF1]

Today isn't going to see much running. Rain throughout the day but then the forecast says wall-to-wall sunshine for the rest of the weekend. Clearing tonight,.

[HuddersfieldTerrier1986]

Ian Fergusson ‏@fergieweather 

#F1 #BBCF1 #MONZA FRI: A few showers likely in area this morning (30% chance), with variable cloud cover. Bright/sunny phases at times; 25C

[Kristian]

A few sources I'm seeings say PM thunderstorms for Sunday, but I guess these will probably form after the race. 

[Nemo1965]

I'd just like to say that I'm enjoying this grammatical banter immensely! Maybe not all interweb users are numbskulls 

 

The problem, my dear friend, and all the more shocking, is that so many internet-warriors are not clearly not numbskulls, but behave that way all the same. Internet has made the masses smarter and the intellectuals dumber.

[thegamer23]

Seems pretty sunny out there!

[MortenF1]

Today isn't going to see much running. Rain throughout the day but then the forecast says wall-to-wall sunshine for the rest of the weekend. Clearing tonight,.

Gonna get a new metro-app…. 

[SheIsDisaster]

Team principals press conference: Marco Mattiacci, Toto Wolff, Christian Horner, Paul Hembery, John Booth and Federico Gastaldi 

 

many dumb and annoying questions about Russia  

 

[Atreiu]

Why dumb?

[darkkis]

Because we had Horner giving a lengthy (and annoyed) answer to similar sort of question and still they keep churning the same questions over and over..

[HuddersfieldTerrier1986]

Ian Fergusson ‏@fergieweather 

#F1 #BBCF1 #MONZA atmospheric profiles for Sunday agree on an 'all-or-nothing' threat of scattered t-storms; a 20% chance by 3pm; 35% by 4pm, storms most likely forming to N over the elevated heat sources of Alpine foothills, then drifting slowly to SE, but net outcome very hit or miss. So, most likely a dry race but any storms would be heavy & slow to shift.

[BRG]

many dumb and annoying questions about Russia  

How dare they ask them awkward questions that are off the approved FOM script!

 

Because we had Horner giving a lengthy (and annoyed) answer to similar sort of question and still they keep churning the same questions over and over..

Maybe his lengthy and annoyed answer wasn't a very convincing one?

 

Let's have a nice bland fully scripted press conference.  Perhaps they could issue a transcript in advance to save everyone the trouble of attending?

[SheIsDisaster]

Because we had Horner giving a lengthy (and annoyed) answer to similar sort of question and still they keep churning the same questions over and over..

 

Because F1 is a sport and not US & NATO propaganda channel. For such purposes there are CNN, BBC, Reuters, WaPo etc... to make dumb people even dumber

 

Leave the sport alone mr journalists, we do not need propaganda. 

[scheivlak]

Because F1 is a sport and not US & NATO propaganda channel. For such purposes there are CNN, BBC, Reuters, WaPo etc... to make dumb people even dumber

 

Leave the sport alone mr journalists, we do not need propaganda. 

If you think simply discussing the possibility of a boycot automatically makes good propaganda for the US and NATO it shows how acceptable the current Russian foreign policy has become.

 

But I guess we're getting OT.....

[JHSingo]

Why dumb?

 

What's it got to do with the racing? I'm bored of hearing these same questions, and really couldn't give a monkey's whether it is cancelled or not. I don't see why it should be cancelled, as the team personnel wouldn't be at risk unlike what happened in Bahrain, but I guess that's a discussion for the other thread.