Columnist Beth Quinn offers an argument against ordering engraved items from Coldwater Creek:
“The whole dreadful situation began when my husband was given a planter with our name engraved on it. ”The Quinn’s” it said – and I can just hear my Apostrophe Posse gasp.”
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Forgot to post these two last week…
Unfortunately, DVD’s isn’t a typo. The editors of The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage ignore the rules of punctuation and prefer to use an apostrophe in plural forms such as DVD’s. Sigh…
They must use that same guide at the Smithsonian American History Museum.
(Thanks, Andrew and Amber!)
Yes, but what is relaxing its Holiday Inn?
And what would that even mean?
Spotted near Seattle Center.
(Thanks, Lisa!)
Someone should take one of the extra apostrophes from that One Punk ad and add it to “Seattles” in this sign advertising the Brooklyn’s Happy Hour.
…like a bratwurst, you mean?
Seen in Bavarian-themed Leavenworth, WA
Amy Kate Horn over at the Slog derides the punctuation in this ad, reminding us that “sloppy punctuation is neither anarchic nor cool.”
Amazon’s product description for these Apple iPod Nano Lanyard Headphones contains apostrophe abuse (some its/it’s confusion: the first instance is correct), and as pointed out here, is pretty poorly written.
(Thanks, Lloyd!)
“They’re smart enough to make a robotic cleaning droid, but not to use an apostrophe…”
(Thanks, Eli!)
