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Please can you let me have your thoughts on which is correct.....?

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sweetheart · 03/09/2012 12:23

I'm setting up a craft hobby for my mum where she will sell her knitted products. Should it be:-

Nanna's Knits
Nanna Knits
Nanna Knit's

and variations of.......etc

I am rubbish with punctuation.

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GoldPlatedNineDoors · 03/09/2012 12:24

Nanna's Knits means knits which belong to Nanna

Nanna Knits means "my nanna knits clothes" kind of thing

nanna Knit's is wrong.

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OneOfMyTurnsComingOn · 03/09/2012 12:26

As Gold says. And I prefer the first option.

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sleepyhead · 03/09/2012 12:28

Nanna's Knits - if you're saying "various knitted things that have been made by Nanna".

Nanna Knits - if you're saying "Here's Nanna! She knits."

The apostrophe should never be with the Knits (no Knit's ever), unless you're saying that her name is Nanna Knit and something belongs to her. i.e "Nanna Knit's lovely socks" would be right if her name was Nanna Knit. But if you wanted to say that she made lovely socks it should be "Nanna knits lovely socks".

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sleepyhead · 03/09/2012 12:29

xpost. Yeah, wot they said.

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MissKeithLemon · 03/09/2012 12:29

If we are being properly pedantic should it not be Nana? Grin

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