The Greengrocers' Apostrophe

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  1. Phil A

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    :biggrin: It's your browser, not GC, keeps changing me into a Newt.
     
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    It doesn't do that if using the Greengrocers' Apostrophe, for example:

    wellies'
    wellie's
     
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      I thought it was the Wicked Witch that did that! :yikes:
       
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      Divorce is going ahead :):):yay::yay::yahoo::yahoo: [​IMG]

      Don't know what reminded me of that :scratch::dunno:
       
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          The cartoon is wrong - surely a misplaced apostrophe in "Potato" should be "Potatoe's" and not "Potato's"? :heehee:
           
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          I wonder whether "Avocadoes'" are deer? :snork:
           
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          If they are over £1 each then yes, a little dear :)
           
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            I must confess that I have seen it used wrongly so many times that I don't take any notice in fact I think I m actually forgetting what is correct and what isn't!!!:doh: I honestly don't think anyone cares about correct spelling anymore, just heard on the news that a staggering 1 in 6 schoolchildren don't speak English!!!!!! :mute::frown:

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            OMG It's even being used for butterflies!

             
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            Good evening Scrunge whoops missed an e off:heehee:enjoy your evening

            Well at least I'm not on my own and I don't use a spell checker;)

            This is the percentage of how people spell Butterflys:lunapic 130165696578242 5:
            • butterflys — 74%
            • buterflies — 8%
            • butterlies — 4%
            • butterfiles — 4%
            • butterfies — 3%
            • butterflie — 2%
            • butterflyes — 1%
            • buttiflies — 1%
            • butterflied — 1%
             
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            Owls are allowed to spell any way they want to!!!!

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              What about the remaining 2%?
               
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              Good evening Scrungee that must be you and one other ,out of the 100 people they surveyed ;)enjoy your evening my friend:smile:
               
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              74+8+4+4+3+2+1+1+1 = 98
               
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