I thought that the shop was named after the founder, Mr (Tim?) Waterstone. Therefore the first, singular shop would have been Waterstone's Books (one Waterstone owning a bookshop), but now there is more than one shop, it would be Waterstones' Books (many bookshops).
[How does it work for Boots (the chemist) then ? Boots' products or Boot's products?)
"Therefore the first, singular shop would have been Waterstone's Books (one Waterstone owning a bookshop), but now there is more than one shop, it would be Waterstones' Books (many bookshops)."
I'm not sure about that. If we assume that there is still only one Waterstone owning the bookshops and the books, it is still Tim (or Algernon, or Demetrius, or Horatio, or whatever) Waterstone's bookstones and books, yes?
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Date: 2005-07-26 06:12 pm (UTC)[How does it work for Boots (the chemist) then ? Boots' products or Boot's products?)
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Date: 2005-07-26 06:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-07-26 09:00 pm (UTC)I'm not sure about that. If we assume that there is still only one Waterstone owning the bookshops and the books, it is still Tim (or Algernon, or Demetrius, or Horatio, or whatever) Waterstone's bookstones and books, yes?
If Boots has products, they are Boots' products.