If you like the greengrowers' apostrophe,

Bethany K. Dumas dumasb at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU
Fri Jun 13 01:57:42 UTC 2003


On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Mark A Mandel wrote:

>#Am I the only one who thinks that is "greengrocers' apostrophe"? Is it
>#truly not?
>
>I am with you. This misnomer or typo is new to me. I've never heard of a
>"greengrower".  Part of the person's problem may be that most Americans
>have never heard of a "greengrocer" either.

Thank you - I was beginning to think I dreamed it!

Bethany



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