On a late spring morning in 2005, a group of grandmothers from Pensacola, Fla., appeared on television in a Times Square crowd outside the Good Morning America studio. On a sign borne by one of the ladies, the following appeared:
GRANNYS’ GONE WILD
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#1 by anaglyph on April 30, 2006 - 9:41 am
When in doubt, well, just chuck in an apostrophe!
#2 by jon on December 27, 2006 - 9:17 pm
I guess it should have been, “Grannys’ve gone wild,” if they really wanted to use an apostrophe somewhere.
#3 by Anonymous on September 22, 2007 - 5:52 pm
Maybe they were just reporting that their Granny had gone wild? It happens.
#4 by Kirk on March 17, 2008 - 5:48 pm
“Maybe they were just reporting that their Granny had gone wild? It happens.”
No, that’s doesn’t work either. There is no possession, contraction, or any need for an apostrophe in this statement. It is a misspelling, and should be “Grannies Gone Wild”.