...to ask what's with this apostrophe? It's bugging me...

[FuckKnuckle]

Just that, really! Am I missing some subtle grammatical point?

No I think it’s just wrong!

That has made my brain literally itch.

Isn't it referring to the Coffee Plunger that belongs to French Press ?

Is French Press the brand? If so then it would be the coffee plunger from that brand wouldn’t it? Still quite strange though.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Yes I think it's a typo in that it should be a slash indicating the two names for the product.

If French Press were the brand and it were a possessive apostrophe then firstly there would be a space between the apostrophe and the 'c' and secondly probably (most grammar fiends would agree) Press is singular so despite ending in an s it would still have a subsequent 's' following the apostrophe "French Press's Coffee Press"

Is it made by a non-British company who haven't quite grasped the apostrophe use in English punctuation? It does look a tad bizarre

95% of the people on mumsnet have no idea of correct apostrophe usage. 😂

Has the title been over-cropped and it should be:
'French Press' Coffee Plunger

?

I think 'French Press' is short for 'French Pression', i.e. the method of coffee making, so the apostrophe replaces the missing 'ion'.

is it because the word French in the name has triggered a faint bell that there should be some kind of accent floating around? As in French Pressé? And no one could decide where it should be so they stuck it up there on its own?

whatshallidonow

I always think it should be mum's net...............

Ducks and runs away very fast.

unless the brand is French Press
so either French Press' coffee maker or
French Press's coffee maker
that apostrophe has no business residing there
unless you got a coffee maker from hong kong

Nah, viques, Mums' Net.
No idea what that rogue apostrophe in the ad is for, tho'.

so no it should not be there and this thread should be in pedants' corner

The coffee plunger belongs to the French Press brand it's their coffee plunger - in reality they possibly mean something totally different - argh

Sorry I just can’t help myself - if mumsnet were to use an apostrophe it would be mums’net ( ie the net belonging to various Mums plural not to one Mum singular).

I admit I should have used a capital M, but in my household it is mum's net, or Mum's net. As in :

"Wow Ms Vicques, how did your mum become such an expert on everything?"

"She picks it all up on that Mum's net of hers. She won't let me look at it, says it's her own private domain."

A French Press is what it is isn't it?

So perhaps it should be

French Press/Coffee Plunger?

Is "Bakker" not the make?

Is it made by a non-British company who haven't quite grasped the apostrophe use in English punctuation?

IME most non-British English speakers have excellent punctuation. They understand when something is in the possessive case and when it isn't. It's native English speakers who struggle.

Thankyou all - I'm glad it's not just me being thick!

@HangingRound - there's a Pedants' Corner? That's my day sorted out then...