greengrocers' apostrophe

A form of greengrocer's apostrophe — An incorrectly used apostrophe; (especially) one mistakenly used to form the plural of a noun, for example: writing the plural of banana as banana's (a possessive) instead of bananas.

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Meanings

noungreengrocers' apostrophe (plural greengrocers' apostrophes)

plural greengrocers' apostrophes

  1. nonstandardNonstandard form of greengrocer's apostrophe.
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Chicago

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