Comments on: Alway is there for us http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html Links and visuals illustrating an orthographic pet peeve. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html#comment-2644 Chris Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html#comment-2644 Corrected Corrected

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html#comment-2643 Anonymous Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:19:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html#comment-2643 cemetery cemetery

]]> By: Kirk http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html#comment-2638 Kirk Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html#comment-2638 Is a tombstone really a private thing, anyway? I mean, it's a public and permanent sign to indicate who lies beneath.<br/><br/>At any rate, this is easily one of the worst instances of apostrophe abuse I've seen. The "T'il" on the Christmas yard art may have been more jarring, but it's just a tacky decoration; this is a tombstone. It may not be seen by as many people as some other abuses, but it's in <i>stone</i>.<br/><br/>And for the record, I blame the tombstone company. The grieving family shouldn't have to fret about typos. Is a tombstone really a private thing, anyway? I mean, it’s a public and permanent sign to indicate who lies beneath.

At any rate, this is easily one of the worst instances of apostrophe abuse I’ve seen. The “T’il” on the Christmas yard art may have been more jarring, but it’s just a tacky decoration; this is a tombstone. It may not be seen by as many people as some other abuses, but it’s in stone.

And for the record, I blame the tombstone company. The grieving family shouldn’t have to fret about typos.

]]> By: Randy in Jackson http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html#comment-2637 Randy in Jackson Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:53:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html#comment-2637 Yeah, I thought I did a better job. Oh, well, it is in a public cemetery right by the road. Who is to blame for the mistake on the tombstone--the family or the tombstone company? Yeah, I thought I did a better job. Oh, well, it is in a public cemetery right by the road. Who is to blame for the mistake on the tombstone–the family or the tombstone company?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html#comment-2636 Anonymous Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:22:00 +0000 http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2007/11/alway-is-there-for-us.html#comment-2636 Gosh, if you are going to try and respect privacy do a better job of blurring Mary Thompson's last name. Gosh, if you are going to try and respect privacy do a better job of blurring Mary Thompson’s last name.

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