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by drewse 5679 days ago
"Do you prefer Starbucks or Peet's Coffee?" implies the following: "Do you prefer Starbucks' [coffee] or Peet's Coffee?" From what I've learned, this title is grammatically correct.

Here is an explanation: http://www.kerryr.net/webwriting/gpwu_punctuation.htm#q5

1 comments

Hah xD Didn't realize it could be interpreted that way.

Correction: Starbucks "coffee" isn't coffee.

My bad, didn't realize you were joking =]
One should not joke about serious matters such as coffee. I meant what I said. Starbucks makes black, coffee-smelling crud and really tasty caffeinated-crud-added super-sugary high-fat drinks.

:)