Spotted at Larry’s Market on Aurora.

Someone (the contributor, perhaps?) scratched out the apostrophe and added, “It’s not possessive!” to the sign.

(Thanks, Abbie!)

“LA Time’s”? Ouch.

Seen at Lombardi’s in Ballard. Strange that they didn’t deem it necessary to add an apostrophe on the line just above it.

Also, I appreciate these restaurants that make their menus available online — camera phones don’t always take the best pictures in low-light situations. 😉

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.”

This Fox News broadcast misplaces the apostrophe in ’06.

(Thanks, Amber!)

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!)