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I thought the apostrophe was supposed to denote an abbreviation and not be a true Grocer's Apostrophe.

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Jul 21 '21, 06:44

but I am far from an expert, so I ask the question

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That's a good point. I'd never thought of it as an abbreviation in the case of the A's, but it kind of is. (The tweet is looking at it as a plural.) -- nm* - mara Jul 21, 06:59
Is this in reference to a specific case or just a general question? Grocer's Apostrophe is a great term, though. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 21, 06:53 2
- I'm referring to this -- (link) - crash davis Jul 21, 06:57 [Backboard] 1
  - Ah, well that's correct both ways. - Baron of the Rings Jul 21, 07:01

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