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less
fewer
called a lot of things
called her a lot of things
suppliers catalogues,
suppliers' catalogues
classmates dinner money.
classmates' dinner money
‘PC’s
PCs
Missing Person’s Bureau,
Missing Persons' Bureau
lion’s den.
lions' den
go make
go and make
go speak
go and speak
less
fewer
go get it
go and get it
farm worker’s places.
farm workers' places
go interview
go and interview
few hours shut-eye
a few hours' shut-eye
A couple of hours rest
A couple of hours' rest
a few minutes sleep
a few minutes' sleep
go get
There are repeated examples of the Americanism that misses out "and" between the verbs. It should be "come and see", "go and check" and so forth.
go cut
Americanism : go and cut
go see
Americanism : go and see
go do
Americanism : go and do
go nail
Americanism : go and nail
Go find
Americanism : Go and find
go earn
go and earn
‘Go do
Go and do
go grab
go and grab
a few hours kip.’
a few hours' kip
fifteen minutes searching,
fifteen minutes' searching
go introduce
go and introduce
go make
go and make
the James’s hard drive
the Jameses' hard drive
go grab
go and grab
go see
go and see
three days stubble
three days' stubble
yobbo’s
yobbos or yobboes (no apostrophe: it's not a possessive)
go look
go and look
agro.
aggro
Yvonne Collins observations
Yvonne Collins' observations
a few more minutes work
a few more minutes' work
Two and a half hours solid sleep
Two … hours' solid sleep
go sort
go and sort
go disturb
go and disturb
one of the local magistrate’s breakfast.
magistrates' breakfast (breakfast of one of the local magistrates)
a few hours shut-eye,
a few hours' shut-eye
go speak
go and speak
ma’am.’
Why is a pathologist addressing her as ma'am? She isn't his superior officer (nor is anyone else: he's a professor).
Kim and Aggie!
Presenters of a TV series called "How Clean is Your House?"
go see
go and see
James’
the Jameses (simple plural, so no possessive apostrophe)
go help
go and help
We better
We'd better
