I went into Waterstone's at lunchtime, armned with my copy of the New York Trilogy, hoping to 'bump into' the wonderful girl who'd served me a week ago. She wasn't there. Accidentally, I left my umbrella behind. It really was an accident, but in hindsight it seems like a convenient one.
*I'm a total grammar snob, and normally I'd vomit at what seems to be such appalling apostrophe abuse. In truth, however, the usage is correct - the first is an apostrophe of omission, the second of possession, with the shortened word being, of course, Waterstone's.
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