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    Urgent help needed

    Currently proof reading a new cook book from a well known IT forum.

    Is it :

    quails eggs
    quail's eggs
    quails' eggs

    I'm just too fick innit.

    Someone please help.

    Psssst. I think it should be #1 btw.

    Ta

    Suity
    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

    #2
    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Currently proof reading a new cook book from a well known IT forum.

    Is it :

    quails eggs
    quail's eggs
    quails' eggs

    I'm just too fick innit.

    Someone please help.

    Psssst. I think it should be #1 btw.

    Ta

    Suity
    I think it should be quail eggs.

    quail in this instance is an adjective.

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      #3
      Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
      Currently proof reading a new cook book from a well known IT forum.

      Is it :

      quails eggs
      quail's eggs
      quails' eggs

      I'm just too fick innit.

      Someone please help.

      Psssst. I think it should be #1 btw.

      Ta

      Suity

      Its quail eggs (i.e. the eggs of a quail)
      merely at clientco for the entertainment

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        #4
        Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
        I think it should be quail eggs.

        quail in this instance is an adjective.
        Ta. SY02 says the same.
        Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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          #5
          Wot no poll?

          Option 3 for me. The eggs will have come from more than one quail I expect.

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            #6
            Originally posted by eek View Post
            Its quail eggs (i.e. the eggs of a quail)
            Not according to here:
            thought to himself and quails or quails' - WordReference Forums

            Or to Delia:
            Quails

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              #7
              Originally posted by administrator View Post
              Wot no poll?

              Option 3 for me. The eggs will have come from more than one quail I expect.
              And what's the plural of quail?

              Edit: apparently it can be quail or quails.

              So you can have quail eggs, quail's eggs or quails' eggs. But definitely not quails eggs.

              HTH
              Last edited by aardvark; 19 December 2013, 20:57.

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                #8
                Wikipedia likes quail eggs

                Quail eggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by aardvark View Post
                  And what's the plural of quail?
                  Flock?

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                    #10
                    Whose eggs?

                    Last I has quals was during the interval at glyndebourne, scoff scoff.
                    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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