Grocer's apostrophe in Telegraph headline!
Grocer's apostrophe in Telegraph headline!
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Zod

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35,295 posts

287 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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Top mandarin's waive bonuses

It's the end of the world!

s3fella

10,524 posts

216 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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My, what a fruitful search by the grammar Police!

NiceCupOfTea

25,586 posts

280 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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Somebody needs firing over that. As if literacy standards in this country weren't bad enough already...

Ray Luxury-Yacht

8,918 posts

245 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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I went to my friend's garage today for an MOT. Much to his chagrin I pointed out his 'grocer's' apostrophe in the sign - 'MOT station for Diesel's'...

I can hear him tossing and turning losing sleep over it right now smile


Guybrush

4,364 posts

235 months

Saturday 14th February 2009
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It's been corrected!

eldar

25,241 posts

225 months

Saturday 14th February 2009
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NiceCupOfTea said:
Somebody needs firing over that. As if literacy standards in this country weren't bad enough already...
They have been. Fired just about all the sub-editors and story checkers. Oddly, the torygraph is full of inaccuracies since that happened........

jagracer

8,248 posts

265 months

Saturday 14th February 2009
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Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
I went to my friend's garage today for an MOT. Much to his chagrin I pointed out his 'grocer's' apostrophe in the sign - 'MOT station for Diesel's'...

I can hear him tossing and turning losing sleep over it right now smile
My uncle's garage has been doing MOT's for years now.

NiceCupOfTea

25,586 posts

280 months

Saturday 14th February 2009
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Guybrush said:
It's been corrected!
Not in the page title!

Hammerwerfer

3,234 posts

269 months

Saturday 14th February 2009
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