Sign in the window at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant in Seattle.
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Author Archives: ApostropheAbuse
National Punctuation Day – 8/22
National Punctuation Day is August 22nd.
The Oregonian and the Tahlequah Daily Press ran articles referencing this wonderous new holiday. I’m going to try to make a three-day weekend out of it, but I’m not sure my employer would go for it.
“This was taken at a coffee shop in Augusta, GA. There was a matching sign inside on the cash register.”
Obsessively possessive | csmonitor.com
Kansas City Star | 07/31/2005 | Language decay? Consider these example’s
Kansas City Star | 07/31/2005 | Language decay? Consider these example’s: During the seventh-inning stretch, I glanced up at the jumbo screen in center field and beheld this perplexing phrase: “Fireworks Friday’s.â€
At least they’re consistent…
Nail’s & Spa
On Robson Street in Vancouver, BC. Apostrophe mistakes seem so much worse when they’re on professionally printed signs.
Mikey Want’s…
Seen on a public phone in Santa Cruz.
Computerworld New Zealand: New Zealand’s IT Information Source
Computerworld New Zealand: New Zealand’s IT Information Source: “Grocer’s apostrophe strikes online
It’s an open secret that while many arty types can’t do maths, many nerdy types can’t spell. It seems some geeks are grammatically-challenged, too, if the Government’s education website is anything to go by.”