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Isn’t That Special’s?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Readers Like You
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Sign outside a gas station/mini mart.

specials.jpg (65 KB)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ads, businesses, signs | 1 Reply

Antique’s

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Readers Like You
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Hard to miss this one. The errant apostrophe is in the giant lettering and shows up again in the small print underneath. Points for consistency?

IMG_20120202_092505.jpg (745 KB)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apostrophe, businesses, sign | 1 Reply

Talk about your niche markets…

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Readers Like You
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Every time I pass this little neighborhood store, I wonder just how many Kid’s Sofa Outlets there are out there and how could they need enough furniture to keep this place in business for the last 15 years.

kid's.jpg (120 KB)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged businesses, kid's, sign | Leave a reply

Perhaps they only have one employee?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Readers Like You
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Employee’s only what?
This was taken at an army surplus store in Wilmington, NC, and I do believe the picture speaks for itself.

Employee's Only.jpg (230 KB)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abuse, apostrophe, businesses, photos, shop, sign, stores | Leave a reply

It is reliance on coal that China is reducing.

Posted on May 10, 2011 by jennysimonds
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Ad seen on CNN’s site for multibillion dollar Emerson Electric.

Emerson.png (101 KB)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ads, businesses, websites | 2 Replies

Zebra’s don’t have good grammar, apparently.

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Readers Like You
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I found this one-two double whammy while perusing this writing instrument company’s website.

zebra1.jpg (193 KB)

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Abused in so many ways

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Readers Like You
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Paul abuses apostrophes and much more as he attempts to do it “are self’s” and save money.

Apostrophe Abuse.jpg (116 KB)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ads, businesses, fail | 4 Replies

The frowny faces only make it worse

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Readers Like You
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I suppose I should forgive a gas station milkshake machine for its poor grammar.

IMAG0507.jpg (921 KB)

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You donut need an apostrophe here…

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Readers Like You
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I love it when donuts are responsible and take ownership of themselves.
This is a spudnut shop in Amarillo, Texas. Good donuts. The green tea iced donuts are fantastic.
But everytime I see “donut’s” it drives me nuts.

donut's 2.jpg (139 KB)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged businesses, donuts, food, restaurants | Leave a reply

Clima’x??

Posted on October 9, 2007 by ApostropheAbuse
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Maria submitted this sign for a club in Tampa, Florida:

…because apparently it’s better with a weird apostrophe somewhere in there, right? I mean, I hope so — I hear those cost extra.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged billboards, businesses, what-the | 3 Replies

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