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Antique vs. Antiques
Sep 17 2007, 3:17 PM EDT
I am in the antique business, and I am puzzled about something that I have noticed in most of the decorating magazines to which I subscribe. They refer in their articles to antiqueS shops, antiqueS malls, and antiqueS shows, all of which are presided over by antiqueS dealers. Yet I know of no one in this business who uses the plural in describing the above things. Who decided this was proper useage? If we were to carry over the same principle to other businesses then we would buy our cars from carS lots, our food at grocerieS stores, or screwdrivers at a hardwareS store. Does anyone have an answer to this?
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RE: Antique vs. Antiques
Dec 29 2007, 12:11 AM EST
I think editors do this to clarify when something is "about antiques" rather than just "old." They add the "s" to clarify that they are not talking about a shop that is an antique ... an antique shop. Now, the fact that it would be difficult for a shop or a mall or a show to be an antique seems to not make a difference.
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RE: Antique vs. Antiques
May 21 2008, 5:05 PM EDT
I am an antiques dealer as well, and I say antiques versus antique because I am not an old dealer, but a rather young one! Also, we call our shop an antiques shop because we have more than one antique in it. I know lots of fellow antiques dealers who use the plural, and as a journalism major in college, I always thought it was odd when people didn't use the "s". It's grammatically correct!
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