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On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:22:17 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> "Grocers' apostrophe" - cute.  My favourite grocers' grammatical error
> is when they write prices like ".99 cents".  I'm tempted to hand the
> cashier a penny and tell him/her to keep the change.

Is that something like a .12 gauge shotgun? I've also seen .9 mm. Some 
crime writers should stick to ripped bodice novels where they may have so 
personal experience.