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  • British grammarians have railed for decades against storekeepers' signs advertising the sale of "apple's and pear's," or pubs offering "chip's and pea's."

    say it aint so! 2009

  • Okay, I'm seeing little sweet pea's face in two different ways.

    It Came From the Baby Shower... 2009

  • Of the sweet pea's flight of flowers, of the nettle's sting.

    An Island Garden 1894

  • The face and brow were not those of Venus -- rather they belonged to Minerva; for the nose was large, the chin full, and the mouth no pea's blossom.

    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women Elbert Hubbard 1885

  • The "greengrocer's apostrophe", in which vegetables are labelled "carrot's", "pea's" and "potato's" has spread and spread, to the point where some people evidently believe that an apostrophe is what comes before a final s.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Philip Hensher 2012

  • The "greengrocer's apostrophe", in which vegetables are labelled "carrot's", "pea's" and "potato's" has spread and spread, to the point where some people evidently believe that an apostrophe is what comes before a final s.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Philip Hensher 2012

  • There was a pea in Australia that was modified with a weevil resistant gene from a bean, and while it worked, the pea's chemical pathways were different enough to form the anti-pest protein in a way that it may have been harmful to humans.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Orac none@example.com 2010

  • The operator then shuffles the shells in front of the player before asking the player to guess at the pea's location.

    Daylight Atheism 2010

  • British grammarians have railed for decades against storekeepers 'signs advertising the sale of "apple's and pear's," or pubs offering "chip's and pea's."

    Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News 2009

  • They believed the Shrinks, united pea's won't be a problem blowinggg in the wind in Iowa ....

    unknown title 2009

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