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单词
grocers-apostrophe
释义
grocer's apostrophe
in British English
noun
an apostrophe placed before a final
s
intended to indicate the plural but in fact forming the possessive
Word origin
from its supposed occurrence in grocers' signage
Examples of 'grocer's apostrophe' in a sentence
grocer's apostrophe
Nice use of the grocer's apostrophe and irregular capitalisation, but if she really wants to look dim she should have spelt it 'fonix'.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
Definition of 'grocer's apostrophe'
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to be (skating) on thin ice
to be skilful at doing sth
to be slouched
to be slow
to be slow to act/decide
to be slumming (it)
to be snookered
to be snowed under with work
to be soaked or drenched to the skin
to be soft on sb
to be sold out of sth
to be some distance/quite a distance/a fair distance from sth
to be sore about sth
to be sore at sb
to be sorely tempted (to do sth)
to be sorry about sth
to be sorry/pleased/angry about sth
to be specific to
to be speechless with rage/astonishment
to be spirited away
to be spoiling for a fight
to be stabbed/beaten to death
to be stacked with ...
to best advantage
to be starved of ...
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