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Grammar pedants - help please.

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swittle Dec 2019 6:58am, 3 Dec 2019 58,975 posts	Quote Pin swittle Compare readability of block capitals with lower case: it's true, surely, that, generally speaking, more lower case words are read than words in block capitals. So, messages in lower case may well be more easily absorbed. Blocks caps: big but not necessarily more clever. [a personal view ^.]
ChrisHB Dec 2019 8:11am, 3 Dec 2019 18,602 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I agree: but I bet it's not as straightforward as that.
swittle Dec 2019 11:08am, 3 Dec 2019 58,985 posts	Quote Pin swittle My mind went to the font and cases used for UK motorway signs, Chris. Info. that needs to be processed in timely manner. Working with beginner readers for much of my teaching career also supports my idea.
ChrisHB Dec 2019 11:36pm, 4 Dec 2019 18,605 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB What do we think of cat's eyes cats' eyes and cats eyes when we're speaking of reflective things in the road? I favour omitting the apostrophe because there is no possessive connection between cats & eyes, and it is impossible to say how many cats there are.
GlennR Dec 2019 11:40pm, 4 Dec 2019 46,660 posts	Quote Pin GlennR There has to be more than one though.
LindsD Dec 2019 6:54am, 5 Dec 2019 31,464 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Cats' eyes But I have never really thought about it.
larkim Dec 2019 7:07am, 5 Dec 2019 9,686 posts	Quote Pin larkim Wikipedia has cat's eye. Each is a pair of eyes that could only belong to one cat, so the individual device is a cat's eye (or a pair of cat's eyes), perhaps?
Northern Exile Dec 2019 7:16am, 5 Dec 2019 5,684 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Cats' eyes
GlennR Dec 2019 8:37am, 5 Dec 2019 46,663 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Reflective road studs.
larkim Dec 2019 8:54am, 5 Dec 2019 9,687 posts	Quote Pin larkim According to their website it is "catseye" as a TM. percyshawcatseyes.com