I guess the sign writer figured that if you don’t know where to put the apostrophe, it would be better to leave it out. He (or she) got it right in the small print, though.
If you don’t know where it goes…
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Apostrophe Neglect: Doctors Orders
Looking for a meal on Thursday night, I passed this place. Couldn’t bring myself to eat at a diner where they have no regard for an apostrophe.
No wonder the Rose’s are so cheap…
I’ve driven past this sign on the Long Island Expressway’s service road in Queens for years now and the only change has been the cost. There are at least three awesome things about the sign:
1) The unnecessary apostrophe in “Rose’s”
2) The missing apostrophe in the contraction of “we are” changing it to the past tense state-of-being verb “were”
3) The hilarity of the sign even if it was grammatically correct
CPA’s what?
I have to look at this every day as I enter my office. UGH!
Your/You’re Confusion: Nebraska Wesleyan wants you’re gifts
I’m hoping this was associated with a fundraising drive for their Department of Grammar and Punctuation.
Pennsylvania State Liquor Employees Enjoying the Product?
This was snapped in a store run by state employees in suburban Philadelphia. Let’s just hope they aren’t planning to put them in charge of the local schools anytime soon.
Hey Ladie! Get in your room!
This sign is for a Ladie’s bathroom in a gas station near Grand Isle, Louisiana. Taken in 2012. Love that Ladie has her own room there!
Old Navy strikes again
I did a quick seartch of your site to make sure I wasn’t submitting a duplicate, and WOW: Old Navy *really* needs to hire a decent proofreader, don’t they? Is any other major retailer as well-represented on your site? Sheesh.
I found this abomination while shopping for baby clothes this morning.
Television’s for Sport’s Event’s
Seen in an Irish bar in Crystal Palace, London
Only 1 Duggar Makes This Soup
This downloadable Pampered Chef celebrity cookbook features The Duggar’s Taco Soup.
I thought there were about 19 of them, but it seems only one gets this soup…
