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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

A strawberry Twinkie

On an rainy day he might have packed a peanut butter and banana sandwich and a pack of M&M's and a strawberry Twinkie.

Hi,

Is a strawberry Twinkies a cake or a dessert? Is there special implication of the brand name Twinkies?

Besides, why is there an apostrophy and s after M&M in the above? Thanks.
  

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TWINKIES are a small packaged cake-like sweet, well known in the US as a cheap bit of junk food. The apostrophe after the second M of M&Ms is a common mistake. Some style manuals even condone it.

— Mister Micawber

  • TWINKIES are a small packaged cake-like sweet, well known in the US as a cheap bit of junk food.
  • The apostrophe after the second M of M&Ms is a common mistake.
  • Some style manuals even condone it.
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TWINKIES are a small packaged cake-like sweet, well known in the US as a cheap bit of junk food. The apostrophe after the second M of M&Ms is a common mistake. Some style manuals even condone it.

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Mister MicawberTWINKIES are a small packaged cake-like sweet, well known in the US as a cheap bit of junk food. The apostrophe after the second M of M&Ms is a common mistake. Some style manuals even condone it.

Thanks, Mister.

I'm not sure if I understand correctly the two parts I bolded and underlined in your reply.

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condone: to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless.(m-w.com)



style manual: a book that gives guidance in the preparation of manuscripts for publication, particularly with regard to punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, and related matters. Not all style manuals give the same advice. The link below lists a variety of style

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The apostrophe in "M&M's" is actually part of the trademark, and comes from the following excerpt:

"Forrest Mars, Sr., founder of the Mars Company, got the idea for the confection in the 1930s during the Spanish Civil War when he saw soldiers eating Smarties, a chocolate morsel covered with a hard sugar shell so that the chocolate would not melt.

Mars received a patent for
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Very good, Anon-- thanks! I will try to remember that!

Straight from Mars's website:

Among the world's favorite candy snacks since 1941, M&M'S® are the original fun bites
Probably the most famous candy treat in the world, the snack sized pieces of chocolate (and peanuts) in a candy shell are instantly recognizable all over the globe.

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