"The Royals" or "Royals"?

[Maguire]

I also prefer The Biscuitmen to The Royals and would love a throaty cry of "PULL AWAY, THE BISCUITMEN" as some hapless loanee attempts to lead a breakaway toward the North Stand.

[Green]

Seriously worried about HNA now. Nearly at the bottom of page 1 and still no "oxf*rd off newbie".

Standards seriously deteriorating - or is it my eyesight?

We don't do that anymore strap.

The board needs new members and all are welcome.

[LUX]

["Hal Robson Kanu has been a Royals player for as long as anyone can remember."



Errr, it's use of the definite and indefinite article. In the first example 'Royals' is an adjective and not a noun. HTH. *pedant*

as a fellow pedant, I'd say it is a noun fulfilling the function of an adjective.

I'll take what Wax Jacket says as gospel. Or Blackheath Royal, of course.

[Mr.Swainey]

I doubt that they still make Hats in Luton and Stockport. So what possessed the club in the mid-1070s to run a competition to dream up a new moniker for RFC because 'Biscuitmen' was not deemed grandiose enough for a fourth division club in a delapidated ground?

Can't say I remember this taking place, must have been caught up in all the post-Norman reorganisation of Reading Football Club at the time.

[Einstein agogo]

Seriously worried about HNA now. Nearly at the bottom of page 1 and still no "oxf*rd off newbie".

Standards seriously deteriorating - or is it my eyesight?

That's because it's "Cripple Creek" ( who's been around for 15 years or so )
I can tell by the writing style

[Green]

Seriously worried about HNA now. Nearly at the bottom of page 1 and still no "oxf*rd off newbie".

Standards seriously deteriorating - or is it my eyesight?

That's because it's "Cripple Creek" ( who's been around for 15 years or so )
I can tell by the writing style

Mark white's own goal?

I read it again and it's close but the exclamation mark in the penultimate paragraph suggests another author.

[lewesroyal]

I also prefer The Biscuitmen to The Royals and would love a throaty cry of "PULL AWAY, THE BISCUITMEN" as some hapless loanee attempts to lead a breakaway toward the North Stand.

Is that a Breakaway for the Club as we move beTwix the opposition defence to score a Jammy (Dodger) goal

[melonhead]

I'd say you would normally use "the" but if it comes down to an argument between a fvck off newbie and Clive Baskerville I'm going to side with the Hound

[Forbury Lion]

The Biscuit Men.

or Biscuit Men?

Isn't it one word anyway The Biscuitmen / Biscuitmen

[Forbury Lion]

The Royal Biscuitment Anyone?

[Platypuss]

but sometimes you need the the for the sentence to make sense e.g. the Madejski Stadium is like a library

Hahaha!

Not true though, it is habit rather than necessity! You don't say The Old Trafford is like a library, and it is the same principle. We have all just got into the habit of using 'the' because it sounds neater.

It's not "the Old Trafford" because you don't use the word "stadium".


"Old Trafford" is a name.

"Madejski" wouldn't make sense, seeing as it's a person and a stadium, so you have to use stadium in order to differentiate. And once you've used Stadium, it needs an article. All nouns need either an article or something similar, like "my", or a plural.

A cat
The cat
Cats
My cat
His cat
Jake's Cat

Nice grammar lesson.

You can't just use cat on it's own.

Oopsie!

[STAR Liaison]

The Biscuit Men.

or Biscuit Men?

Isn't it one word anyway The Biscuitmen / Biscuitmen

This vexed issue is one of the items addressed, almost, in the online survey STAR are currently running.

The survey is aimed at non-members of STAR as well - though many of the questions are about STAR.

Member or non-member, feel free to take part. Should take 5 minutes. Available via the home page of http://www.star-reading.org or if you prefer the route one approach at http://www.bcdponline.com/star.htm

[STAR Liaison]

Just thought we'd bump this one ^ ^ ^ .

Poll closes tomorrow. Have your say on issues such as:

Blue shorts v white shorts
The Royals v The Biscuitmen
No.13 v URZ
Numbers in a panel v numbers on a hoop

Plus, obviously, a few questions about STAR ...

Thanks - link direct via http://www.bcdponline.com/star.htm

[Jelly2]

Hello! English grammar is not up to everyone. There are rules of excessive complexity, for instance, articles. If you need some help in English learning, this source is the best to address to http://royalediting.com/the-usage-of-th ... exceptions

[Maneki Neko]

biscuitmen is the gayest nickname ever
& to hell with history.


may as well put soggy before it and be done with it

[genome]

The 2nd of the Jelly clan

[Maneki Neko]

in goal, or in goals?

[Forbury Lion]

They call us the Royals