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Old 03-27-2010, 08:28 AM   #259
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967 View Post
Just the use of apostrophes in general is annoying.

Don't know if it's a general term, but the "grocers' apostrophe" is rife. As in "Potato's - £20p a pound" for example.
What that sentence is actually saying is "Potatoes is £20p a pound." It's also saying that rednecks aren't confined only to the United States.
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