Resident's, Balcony's, Patio's, & Case's

Adam sent in these two signs, the first

...from my apartment manager, with three unnecessary apostrophes. The second is from a Party Source store in Newport, KY, advertising "case's" of cold Red Bull.

Italian Garden's

From Jake in Maryland:

Repeated Abuses at RadioActiveRadios

(Thanks, Robin!)

The Judd's what?

Vikkitikkitavi writes:

SOMETHING belonging to one of the Judds will be performing at the Stagecoach music festival.

Abuse on a parking sign

Jeffrey writes:

Why the person who made this sign thought employees needed an apostrophe, but owners and operators did not, is beyond me.

Bail Bondsman Abuse

Anonymous writes:

[Spotted] at a bus stop in Nashville, TN. Please don't post my name...I don't want a local bail bondsman on my ass.

"I'm looking for the apostrophe in Cant, actually..."

Spotted in Sears at the Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo, CA:



(Thanks, Matt!)

Abuse at a Florist

Tori writes:

Our local florist ALWAYS has apostrophe abuse in her signs... Here's
a favorite from last year:

Fish Fry's

(Thanks, Randy!)

Honors Club Abuse

Casey writes about this banner spotted at Sacramento City College:

Beyond the heinousness of "THURSDAY'S," there is the issue of the extra periods in "GPA," the complete abuse of the English language ("2DaY", "4Life") and the burning question: Since when does a C-average warrant being included in any honors clubs?

Abuses's at Fox News

Bill writes about this abuse, found

...under Obama's picture, following "YOU DECIDE:". I realize that Fox normally exemplifies's precision and veracity, so this was quite surprisings's. Not only does this not need an apostrophe in the first place, but the extra 's' on the end makes it...extra specials's.

Grammy's in the NYT

(Thanks, Amy!)

Abuse on a Voter Registration Card

Sandy writes:

I got my new Ohio voter registration confirmation in the mail the other day, and was surprised to see not one but two instances of apostrophe abuse.

Looks like the first instance of "Voters" is correct, but then the writer went apostrophe-happy!

Another Ladie's Bathroom

This one found near a bathroom in the Manhattan Criminal Court.



(Thanks, Allison!)

See also:
Ladie's Restroom on Carnival Cruise Ship
Ladie's Room in NYC

Apostrophes galore in Mazatlan

(Thanks, Abbie!)

Neglect at Goodwill in San Antonio

(Thanks, Jeff!)

iPod's

Jed writes:

Saw this in one of the Apple resellers :)

Sport's Drink's @ Kroger

(Thanks, Maggie!)