Kelly writes:

This morning, an insert advertising “Community Hero’s Day” assaulted my sensibilities. While recognizing community herOES is a noble cause, the only way this insert could be grammatically correct is if the company plans to recognize only one community hero. That doesn’t seem to be the case, given the rest of the ad copy.

We can thank the Arizona Republic for including this little gem of apostrophe abuse.

Actually, with the text “every community has a hero”, maybe they ARE only planning to recognize one. 🙂

Matthew snapped this photo at his apartment building:

Becca writes:

Okay, so never mind that I work at MENARDS (which really should be spelled Menard’s, but you knew that). This pallet of fertilizer retainer, whatever that is, has a couple of apostrophe issues, but nothing a Sharpie Magnum couldn’t fix.

From Dayvon in NZ:

Chicago is a steakhouse/sports café on the waterfront in New Zealand’s Capital city. It seems there’s more emphasis on sport than on grammar here.

Amy writes:

I found this lovely sign at Bob’s Car Wash here in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Tracey writes:

Here is a sign on the parking area outside of the student dorm for a very large and prestigious medical school in the Midwest. One day soon I plan on taking some white out and getting rid of the offensive thing.

Jim spotted this sign in Seattle in May:

Jen writes:

This is a photo I took at work. This sign hangs just outside of the Judge’s courtroom.

Cassandra spotted this sign in Fort Collins, CO:
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Ike writes:

Apostrophe abuse is spreading like a plague in New York City! Here are some examples that I’ve seen on my walk from Penn Station to my workplace in the morning. The first one, only visible in the morning when Papaya Dog hangs up their breakfast special banner, is located at 33rd St. and 5th Ave., very close to the Empire State Building. The second is on E. 38th St. between 5th Ave. and Madison Ave.