The Greengrocers Apostrophes In Bristol

[sandyRoe]

Why can't they be left alone? They do no harm.

[New Judge]

Because they're wrong. They do harm insomuch as they perpetuate sloppy and incorrect grammar.

[tonyav]

Is this what you mean, sandy ?.

Yeah they should be left alone.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/grammar-vigilante-changes-incorrect-business-signs-across-bristol-under-cover-of-darkness/ar-BBzhFpU?li=AAnZ9Ug

[EDDIE51]

Those who 'owned' the corrected signs seem happy at the alterations, so I can't see it as doing any harm.

[anneasquith]

He's walking around in the dark with a ladder,......... Weird .

[pastafreak]

I saw that on the news this morning...And I loved it! I like what he's doing,though I imagine he could be charged with property damage.

[Jackdaw33]

Ironic that you should omit the apostrophe from Greengrocers' in your title.

[kvalidir]

While sloppy grammar on signs does annoy me, it doesn't annoy me half as much as some self important, interfering weirdo on a power trip, skulking about in the dark with a specially made stick he's concocted to deface someone else's property. Makes me want to buy a shop in Bristol and put a sign up with endless apostrophes just to irritate him.

[Baldric]

Had a good old going over here

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1546252.html

[sandyRoe]

I left the apostrophe out because I wasn't sure if it should have gone between the r and s or after the s.

[New Judge]

It depends how many greengrocers the apostrophes belong to. If they belong to just one greengrocer it goes between the r and the s. If they belong to a number of greengrocers it goes after the s.

[Jackdaw33]

Actually in this case either, as greengrocer could be read here as singular or plural.

[Mamyalynne]

I only came in for a cabbage.

[Jackdaw33]

Cabbage's in the far corner, Madam, 30p each.

[tonyav]

Would you like an apostrophe with that, Mamya ?.

[Mamyalynne]

Only 30p? I'll have some radishes too - no apostrophes thank you, they have a shifty look about them.

[Jackdaw33]

I've also got a lovely bunch of coconut's.

[Mamyalynne]

Someone has cut a bit off one I see.

[brainiac]

I think this grammer vigilante is totally banana's

[Cloverjo]

Please stop. This is quite painful. :)

[silliemillie]

There can't be that many wrong signs in Bristol. He must have done them all by now.