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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Stop -n- shop
a company I'm working with has "stop -n- shop" on their sign, should it be "stop'n shop"?
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No, it can really be any way the shop wishes, and the form they use is common. You see, if you wanted to punctuate it more correctly, it would be "stop 'n' shop", but that is too pedantic, I think.
- No, it can really be any way the shop wishes, and the form they use is common.
- You see, if you wanted to punctuate it more correctly, it would be "stop 'n' shop", but that is too pedantic, I think.
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No, it can really be any way the shop wishes, and the form they use is common. You see, if you wanted to punctuate it more correctly, it would be "stop 'n' shop", but that is too pedantic, I think.
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stop 'n' shop
The apostrophe is a marker for missing letters. The middle word is missing a letter at the beginning and the end.
Perhaps they use the hyphen because it's more visible.
The apostrophe is a marker for missing letters. The middle word is missing a letter at the beginning and the end.
Perhaps they use the hyphen because it's more visible.
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