Showing posts with label grocer's apostrophe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grocer's apostrophe. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

The Grocers' Apostrophe

The grocers' apostrophe, also known as the greengrocers' apostrophe, is defined by WordSpy as "An apostrophe erroneously inserted before the final 's' in the plural form of a word. Also: greengrocer's apostrophe."

Of course it is not just grocers that have a habit of putting apostrophes where they shouldn't be, examples of this erroneous behavior can also be found at restaurants, hardware stores, gas stations and pretty much anywhere there is a sign.

What I find humorous is that no one seems to agree on where the apostrophe should go in the word "grocer(')s(') apostrophe."
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