That’s not a misplaced apostrophe. It’s just, uh, a contraction of *want us*. Ahem.
From Union Hill Elementary (surprise) in Union Hill, CA. Photo taken yesterday (10-24-2010).
Want’s to thank coaches… should blame teachers?
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All the news that’s fit to print…now with extra apostrophes!
Seconds after I noticed it on the home page of the New York Times this morning, the page refreshed and this was gone.
Policy’s to live by
This sign was posted for at least the three years (and from the looks of the sign, probably the ten years beforehand) I worked at this Georgia Tech-area pizza bar. This was the sole surviving poster that did not know my black marker during my tenure there.
Errant apostrophe in upmarket menu
As restaurants go, Sails is one of Auckland’s finest. Pity the same thing can’t be said about their proofreader.
The same error is perpetrated on their website: http://www.sailsrestaurant.co.nz
Discovery Science: Good thing they don’t call it “The Grammar & Punctuation Channel”
Found on Discovery Science’s “Bugging Out” show.
Trick R’ Treat?
I’m not really sure what the apostrophe here is supposed to replace…Trick R’ Treat doesn’t really shorten it at all.
Starbuck’s Customer
Apparently this space was reserved for the customer of someone named Mr. Starbuck.
And there were a dozen of these signs in the lot.
Monster Cereal’s
Grocery store in Des Moines, IA with large display on end cap – the store generally provides much of their own signage (how delightful).
Apostrophe Neglect: Tomorrows!
This TV ad has gone unchecked for months. I can’t watch it anymore!
Martini’s Margarita’s and Cerveza’s
At a tourist shop in downtown Charleston SC:
