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Greengrocer's what?

Perhaps you mean greengrocers' apprentice's bicycles?

(Hope this is right! Otherwise Lynn Truss will kill me.)

[Andy Hall]

Greengrocer's whats?

[Andy Hall]

I went to school with a girl called Lynne Truss. She was good at English as well, but this is not the same person.

[Bob Mannix]

Brace yourself for death!

Greengrocers' apprentices' bicycles (in general assuming more than one greengrocer and more than one apprentice))

Our local greengrocer's apprentices' bicycles (if he's a large greengrocer with more than one apprentice)

Arkwright's apprentice's bicycles (if it's just Granville and he has more than one bike)

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Actually, Linn Truss could well be a piece of hi-fi. Or does it have to have a gratuitous "k"?

[<me9]

Apostrophe's

[dennis]

It doesn't make much sense. So you have one apprentice to several greengrocers with several bikes?

[Owain]

Children's grammar used to be better than it is today.

Owain

[Frank Erskine]

[Andy Hall]

That's because we used to have more grammar schools.

[Andy Hall]

You mean something required when you have tried to lift those heavy concrete turntable and speaker bases? ;-)

[Owain]

You mean like the Linn Klanekli, optimised for male voice choirs?

Owain

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Damn, you're right.

It should, of course be greengrocers' apprentice's bicycle.

And so on.

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Of course not. (i) It's English punctuation & (ii) I got it wrong anyway.

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*applause*

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*APPLAUSE* Wonderful, that's made my morning.