Jeff writes:
I suppose it is possible that the sign is intended to read: "We do Mom's hair and Dad's hair too" -- but given my experience of punctuation on Staten Island, I doubt it. The sign is the window of a barber shop specializing in childrens' haircuts. To my son's fury, they have seats shaped like cars, airplanes and fire trucks, but *not* like frogs.
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Re "childrens' haircuts": please hand in your apostrophe licence to the nearest grammar teacher. Thank you.
"Sounds like somebody sat on a frog" is what my dad used to say when we were kids and someone farted...
That's horrid, but I think my favorite part is, "Sorry you can't sit on the frog."
We Do Mom's and Dad's (Hair cuts) too.
NOT: "We do [have sexual intercourse with] mom's and dad's. In which case the apostrophe use would be wrong as it indicates ownership. Mom's and Dad's what? ... "hair cuts" is the answer.
This is just an object omission. The use of apostrophe with the absence of an object is correct via omission of obvious information. For instance: - the place is obviously a hair salon. I am a grammar teacher. 5 years now.
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