Monday, October 12, 2009

Mountain Cranberry's

John spotted this sign on Vermont's Mount Mansfield:

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Actually, that works. They are "Mountain Cranberry" and the text goes on to talk about *their* cranberries.

Anonymous said...

Awkward, but proper.

Anonymous said...

This one is actually correct, it's referring to the berries of the Mountain Cranberry plant.

Chris said...

I agree, actually -- "...showy red berries" is a continuation of a sentence, not the start of a new one. If the S in "showy" was capitalized I'd say "Mountain Cranberry's" was incorrect.

Anonymous said...

I'd say that the sign is incorrect based on the the cranberries being plural. In my opinion, it should read "Mountain Cranberries'", indicating plural possession.