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[Old Greg]

BMWs is a contraction of BMW cars, so it should be BMW's.

Either is acceptable.

[DaveB]

Is BMWs correct? It's Bayern Motor Werken, or Bavarian Motor Works, and the W is already plural.

BMWs is a contraction of BMW cars, so it should be BMW's.

[Old Greg]

thanks

No problem.

[VectraMan]

fewer BMWs

Is BMWs correct? It's Bayern Motor Werken, or Bavarian Motor Works, and the W is already plural.

[minestrone]

thanks

[Old Greg]

fewer BMWs

According to prescriptive grammar, "fewer" should be used (instead of "less") with nouns for countable objects and concepts (discretely quantifiable nouns or count nouns). According to this rule, "less" should be used only with a grammatically singular noun (including mass nouns) and only when they suggest "a combination into a unit, a group, or an aggregation: less than $50 (a sum of money); less than three miles (a unit of distance)".[1] However, descriptive grammarians (who describe language as actually used) point out that this rule does not correctly describe the most common usage of today or the past and in fact arose as an incorrect generalization of a personal preference expressed by a grammarian in 1770.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fewer_vs._less

HTH

[minestrone]

fewer BMWs

[FatLazyContractor]

Boris is now saying there will be no free movement.

Looks like we will be buying less BMWs when the tariffs come in.

That's good innit? Fewer BMWs = Fewer twats on the road.

[Old Greg]

Boris is now saying there will be no free movement.

Is that just the opening stages of negotiation, folk setting out their stalls with stuff they know they won't get?

[minestrone]

Boris is now saying there will be no free movement.

Looks like we will be buying less BMWs when the tariffs come in.

[kolata]

It looks interesting, but I doubt we'll need it. All the noise now seems to indicate that the Leave camp are effectively split into 'Out out out' and 'Out but in the single market' it seems 'Out but in' is Tory establishment position and that's what we'll end up with(Some kind of Noway style agreement) So we'll still be able to trade and do business in the Single market just like before.

Do the EU s know about that?

[Old Greg]

Chile has a free trade agreement with the EU, I don't recall having freedom of movement there. Dozens of places around the world have the same status.

This is just the opening stages of negotiation, folk setting out their stalls with stuff they know they won't get. The bottom line is it will hurt Germany more than us to cut us off.

Time to move onto Anger soon, matey.

[DaveB]

Chile has a free trade agreement with the EU, I don't recall having freedom of movement there. Dozens of places around the world have the same status.

This is just the opening stages of negotiation, folk setting out their stalls with stuff they know they won't get. The bottom line is it will hurt Germany more than us to cut us off.

Better tell the Germans that.

Brexit: Berlin eyes Britain’s tech talent - BBC News

But in the meantime, Senator Yzer is making her pitch directly to young Britons.
"Young people who voted In are welcome in Berlin," she says, staring out of the window of her office, just a few steps away from the square in which John F Kennedy gave his iconic "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.
"They are welcome, their talent is more than welcome. It's a great place to live and we also speak English.

[minestrone]

Chile has a free trade agreement with the EU, I don't recall having freedom of movement there. Dozens of places around the world have the same status.

This is just the opening stages of negotiation, folk setting out their stalls with stuff they know they won't get. The bottom line is it will hurt Germany more than us to cut us off.

[NotAllThere]

The Liechtenstein model sounds promising.

What? Customs and currency union with Switzerland?

...if the EU grants immigration restrictions for the UK doesn't it also have to concede the same to Switzerland?

Yes, which is another reason they're likely to insist on Free Movement.