Sara in SD writes:
This was posted at the gas station I usually go to in North Sioux City, SD. Maybe they weren’t sure if it should be “your†or “you’re†so they combined the two. Do you think it stops people from driving off and not paying?
Suzie writes:
I was flipping through my archives last night and I stumbled upon a photo that I made my boyfriend take for me in a Chapters in Toronto one day because the sign just made me so mad being that I’m both a grammar nerd and a Harry Potter obsessive.
Here’s a number of submissions that I’ve been sitting on for a while…
(Thanks to Shane, Lana, John, Jenni, and Maggie!)
(Thanks, WSG!)
Jen and Jon both sent in a snapshot of this email campaign from Home Depot:
Emily writes:
I found this in an info book at a motel I stayed in recently. The book listed all the video cassettes the motel had for hire. This is just one of pages upon pages of abuse – most of it your garden variety – utter lack of apostrophes in possessives, and too many in plurals (see for example #270 on the list).
“Getty’sburg”, though, took the cake.
I love that they have a NKOTB video available.
(Thanks, Jeffrey!)
Alden writes:
Spotted this at my local grocery store. I think this particular store has one employee in charge of most of their signs — it’s consistent handwriting, and the signs frequently contain some deviation from standard English that makes me wince. In fact, I was so busy wincing over the “tree’s” that it wasn’t until I got home and uploaded this pic that I realized it was also “Christmass.” Perhaps my anonymous sign-making friend is extra devout and wishes to remind us of the origins of this holiday?
Sarah writes:
Here [is a picture] of the school bus my kids ride each morning.
School Districts 47 and 155 are the elementary and high schools, respectively, in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
As far as I’ve seen, none of the other buses have the apostrophe. I’ve seen at least one that has a space between the t and s, indicating an apostrophe once was there. But I think this may be the only bus that (still) has one.
Liza writes:
From the Pearl, Mississippi, Christmas Parade. I doubt baby Jesus would appreciate this.
