Greengrocer's apostrophe (plural greengrocer's apostrophes): an incorrectly used apostrophe, especially one mistakenly used to form the plural of a noun, for example to write the plural of banana as banana's instead of bananas.
Nouns with plural 's' in standard written English do not have an apostrophe, e.g. books not book's, teams not team's.
For photos of some examples of misuse see: The Greengrocer's Apostrophe - Vivian Cook
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