Grammar Question

August 6th, 2013 at 7:43:35 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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It is difficult to believe that this ad with this much exposure could involve a grammatical mistake. Maybe it's short for "Body's Products"? The quotation marks must mean something.

Do you think it is a mistake? Is it some play on words? Maybe we shouldn't care.
August 6th, 2013 at 8:22:47 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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Sorry Paco, but in order for there to be a grammar mistake there has to be some text and when I look at that ad, I just don't see any text at all.

Note: Actually its in reference to Body... a brand of perfume developed in-house at Victoria Secret
August 6th, 2013 at 8:33:46 PM permalink
s2dbaker
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Quote: Pacomartin
Do you think it is a mistake? Is it some play on words? Maybe we shouldn't care.
A mistake but not for the reason you think. The clue is in the center under all the breasts in all caps. "All new! Body by Victoria". The underwear that the ladies are barely wearing must be a new line called "Body". Even though it's a proper name like Billy or Freddy, you can't just tack an S on the end to make it plural. You need to change the Y to IE then tack on the S. You can add quotes and all other manner of punctuation but an apostrophe still makes it possessive. In this context the possessive makes no sense at all.
August 6th, 2013 at 9:29:16 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Both of those spellings are correct but they have different meanings. Body's is possessive, and bodies is plural. The body's health is crucially important. The painting was of of women's bodies.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Body%27s_or_bodies_which_is_the_correct_spelling
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