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Greengrocer's Apostrophe

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@handyandy said
who taught that teacher
Who's whose teacher?

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@handyandy said
who taught that teacher
There you go we could go back a lot of the teachers to find the one who got it wrong! 😉

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@divegeester said
I think the capital A is appropriate for the titular aspect of “Greengrocers Apostrophe”, I.e. to denote the figurative concept, but not in its grammatical use to indicate the possessive.
Descriptively speaking - as opposed to prescriptively speaking - maybe apostrophes rules are bent when they are used in the context of greengrocer's.

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@divegeester
Especially when it should have been 'to too'.

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@sonhouse said
@divegeester
Especially when it should have been 'to too'.
LOL@ sonhouse!

I'll never say 'to too' again! 😛 😉

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@very-rusty said
There you go we could go back a lot of the teachers to find the one who got it wrong!
Yours, for one.

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@sonhouse said
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Especially when it should have been 'to too'.
Is that the only error you spotted?

Dear me.

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@divegeester said
Dear me.
I think "Deary me" would be slightly preferable but do carry on.

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