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DMB · 09-19-2011, 05:50 AM

The apostrophe s for plurals is known in Britain as the "greengrocer's apostrophe", presumably because practitioners of that trade would put out handwritten notices in front of their shops saying things like "juicy plum's 1s 6d per lb".

British writer Lynn Truss wrote an amusing book about misuse of punctuation.

09-19-2011, 05:50 AM	#69
DMB Old Git Posts: 958 Karma: 1840790 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Switzerland (mostly) Device: Two kindle PWs wifi, kindle fire, iPad3 wifi	The apostrophe s for plurals is known in Britain as the "greengrocer's apostrophe", presumably because practitioners of that trade would put out handwritten notices in front of their shops saying things like "juicy plum's 1s 6d per lb". British writer Lynn Truss wrote an amusing book about misuse of punctuation. Last edited by DMB; 09-19-2011 at 05:53 AM.