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Friday 8 January 2016
Apostrophe catastrophe, # 107
Spotted by Dr Faustus in the shop rebranded as Waterstone’s in 2010 and then, in 2012, re-rebranded (or possibly un-rebranded) back to Waterstones. Apostrophe confusion is clearly a core concept at the company:
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