“They’re smart enough to make a robotic cleaning droid, but not to use an apostrophe…”
(Thanks, Eli!)
Roomba misses a spot
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Author Archives: ApostropheAbuse
"Muslim Protestors Torture Innocent Apostrophe"
Abuse at Stanford University
The San Jose Mercury News reported on apostrophe abuse happening at Stanford University. After a photo featuring a plaque was published in the paper recently, readers angrily pointed out the lack of proofreaders resulted in the creation of a plaque that reads “the Stanford’s purchased `the farm’ from the Gordon’s in 1876.”
(Thanks, Hope!)
There seems to be an alternate version of the article that reads “proof readers” in the first sentence rather than “proofreaders”.
Antique’s in Atlanta
Those Slackers!
This user submission arrived with the comment, “An apostrophe error in a logo is inexcusable.”
Agreed! At least they got the “its” right.
(Thanks, Marc!)
Have you tried the nacho’s?
B & B’s
This one was spotted on this book for sale at the Candlelight Inn in Napa.
(Thanks, Krishna!)
It’s a common mistake…
…but surprisingly absent from Apostrophe Abuse:
It’s is always a contraction of it is. As a kid I remembered the rule by pretending the apostrophe was a tiny letter i.
(Thanks, Amber!)
By the way, I keep crediting Amber for these submissions when I should really be thanking her mother.
Abuse on a business card
Our spies in Georgia send in this example of abuse on a business card.
Here’s an alternative firm in Augusta that doesn’t add the apostrophe.
…should punctuation sway your decision when choosing a CPA?
(Thanks, Amber!)
