Some things bother me more than others.Public signs displaying sad and ridiculous mangling of the grammar/punctuation of the English language is one.
Two examples I have encountered recently that I was not able to photograph were:
- 12 Acers For Sale
- There Open (handpainted sign in front of a buy here-pay here mobile home dealer)
Then I found this wonderfully delightful web site - The Apostrophe Protection Society.
I shall sleep better tonight knowing they are out there.
3 comments:
I assume you've read "Eats, Shoots and Leaves"?
Never heard of it, but I went to the web site where you take the test and uhm...failed semi-miserably. Are you truly surprised?
I guess we can only strive to be like Jim.
You MUST drop everything and go get the book! I'd lend you my copy but I fear you'd never return it. (smile)
From the introduction:
"Either this will ring bells for you, or it won’t. A printed banner has appeared on the concourse of a petrol station near to where I live. “Come inside,” it says, “for CD’s, VIDEO’s, DVD’s, and BOOK’s.”
If this satanic sprinkling of redundant apostrophes causes no little gasp of horror or quickening of the pulse, you should probably put down this book at once ..."
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