greengrocer's apostrophe

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — [A] flashing neon sign advertising the Pari's Hotel is less an early case of greengrocer's apostrophe than a sardonic Pascalian allusion (pari in French meaning 'bet').

词形变化

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词源

From the relatively common misusage of apostrophes seen on the placards used at greengroceries.
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