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Old 12-26-2006, 02:02 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Erin View Post
Saw what?
Erin,

Grocer's apostrophe. So named because shopkeepers and market-traders in my fair country had (and still have) a habit of labelling produce with signs which read egg's, apple's, tomatoe's etc.

(Now how about a discussion on whether it should be grocer's apostrophe or grocers' apostrophe?)

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