Definitely one of my pet peeves. Thank you for going forth to document these travesties of the written word and meaning. Now I feel like I’m not in it alone…
P.S., Veterans Day; Presidents Day. No apostrophes. Basically the same as Christmas Day. The veterans and presidents don’t “own” the day.
When I see things like this I wonder if the signmaker *and* the purchaser are clueless, or if the signmaker simply provides exactly what the customer ordered.
A fun apostrophe-related link you might enjoy:
http://www.audienceoftwo.com/mag.php?art_id=3
Definitely one of my pet peeves. Thank you for going forth to document these travesties of the written word and meaning. Now I feel like I’m not in it alone…
P.S., Veterans Day; Presidents Day. No apostrophes. Basically the same as Christmas Day. The veterans and presidents don’t “own” the day.
I’ve always said – if you’re going to make a punctuation mistake, be sure you make it in neon.
When I see things like this I wonder if the signmaker *and* the purchaser are clueless, or if the signmaker simply provides exactly what the customer ordered.