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Navies
Navies is not a typo, it is just how Navy's is spelt without using an apostrophe. --Thefrood 03:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I believe the two to be different - Navies is the plural of navy, that is when referring to more than one navy. Navy's is the possessive case for a single navy. In the instance under discussion it indicates the headquarters of the Royal Navy. Royal Navies headquarters implies the headquarters for more than one Royal Navy. Geologue 04:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

To be honest I don't mind which is used, I tend to be formal and avoid the use of apostrophes but as to the meaning of "Navies" I would suggest you check a dictionary.

Formal - Yes

Typo - No

--Thefrood 05:59, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I did (the Concise Oxford) when I first saw the inclusion of "Navies" in that context because I was curious about the usage... I am happy to agree to differ and certainly have no desire to get into an editing or other war. Geologue 06:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

An editing war over an apostrophe, now that would be silly. As I said I don't mind which is used, I know my avoidance of them is somewhat pedantic and leads to me using overly formal archaic forms (as in this instance) but I would never get into a war over it - now if it had been the misuse of a semicolon, that might be worth going to war over ;) --Thefrood 06:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

That's OK. After this little excursion I finally completed the task that took me to the HMS Caroline article in the first place, that is to add a reference to the book "HMS Caroline" by R.S. Allison. I don't know if he had problems with "Navies" :). Geologue 07:04, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Do you have a copy of that book? I asked a question about HMS Caroline over at Talk:List of Royal Navy shore establishments, maybe you can shed some light? --Thefrood 07:36, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Indeed I do, though it glosses over WWII. I have put a brief note on Talk:List of Royal Navy shore establishments along with some other morsels I gleaned from other sources (I served on Caroline in the 1970s).

Thankx --Thefrood 16:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

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