Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| ranska | apostrophe mal placée |
| saksa | Deppenapostroph |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- 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.
Esimerkit
- It is hardly surprising that these conventions seem to be in rapid collapse, with what has been called "the greengrocer's apostrophe" (apple's 60p, Antique's, linguistic's, and perhaps even mean't, all personally attested) [...]
- [...] 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').
- When applied in English it produces greengrocer's apostrophes.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | greengrocers' apostrophes |
| Monikko | greengrocer's apostrophes |