Matt sent in this screen shot…
from the Web site of the men’s softball league in which I play.
What makes it funny for me is the mix of correct and incorrect apostrophes — including one that’s not even on a plural word — along with some inexplicable capitalization.
Sagacious writes:
At this middle school in Florida, there are multiple signs with this wording in its parking lots. If you had to make a grammatical blunder, at least don’t make it in front of a school. No wonder Florida is sometimes referred to as “Floriduh.”
Ed sent in these two screen grabs from KUTV‘s website:
Doris writes:
Attached is a photo I took on a Tucson, Arizona street corner. I blocked out the telephone number. Not only do we have problems with an apostrophe but we don’t know how to spell the name of the breed.
Amy in Nashville sent in these two examples of abuse:
The first one we encountered during a local jazz festival in Tennessee. Clip-on glasses are bad enough in general – with the misused apostrophe, they become doubly offensive.
The second is a screen cap from the movie, “The Lives of Others.” 50th refers to a 50th birthday party. This movie won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (German). It makes me cry a little inside that an Academy Award-winning movie can’t get an apostrophe right. However, it was a fantastic movie and I highly recommend it despite the apparent grammar-deficiency of the subtitlers.
Adam sent in this notice that was posted at his apartment complex:
Steve writes:
This is a screen shot from an episode of “Grand Slam” on the Game Show Network. This is the very last question in an early-round match between Ed Toutant and Leszek Pawlowicz. The concept of the show is to bring together “the best of the best” game show winners of the past. Too bad they didn’t bring together “the best of the best” question writers – or, at least, PROOFREADERS.
Pete sent in this screencap from a leading UK domain registrar:
Erin writes in with:
Dear old Mrs. L was upset because everyone was particularly glazed over and spacey that morning. So, as punishment the assignment was to write a paragraph on what we’d like to be doing rather than English in less than two minutes.
The teacher added an apostrophe to “CDs”.
