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If you are putting up a sign in public
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I remember seeing one in Dudley when I worked there "we'm closing early for are Xmas doo"
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There's a shop near me advertising "Christma's Wreath's" ... if in doubt, add an apostrophe it seems!0
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Chopsie&Chelvis wrote: »There's a shop near me advertising "Christma's Wreath's" ... if in doubt, add an apostrophe it seems!
Indeed! Apostrophes are one of the main grammar issues I come across in signs etc.
Living in Japan I regularly encounter some hilarious attempts at English. Sometimes it's so awful I have no idea what it is actually meant to mean without referring to the Japanese.
Here is a pic I took in a tourist information office:
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" (Douglas Adams)0 -
In Derby bus station there are the cryptic safety notices at each stand.Please do not board the bus once the driver has closed the bus doors and is reversing off the stand
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I had a Saturday job in the local green grocers. The boss hand wrote a sign advertising bunches of 'enemas' at 50p each.Reason for edit? Can spell, can't type!0
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mandragora wrote: »I had a Saturday job in the local green grocers. The boss hand wrote a sign advertising bunches of 'enemas' at 50p each.
Wow that's really good value. Usually costs me quite a bit for just one!0 -
Was in a "Premier" Off licence last weekend and they were advertising boxes of "choclat" at 2 for £50
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PinkLipgloss wrote: »Indeed! Apostrophes are one of the main grammar issues I come across in signs etc.
LOL
Took DD to the GP recently. There was a sign, above the signing in screen, about the number of missed appointments.
A very smartly-dressed lady took out a marker pen and added an omitted apostrophe. I was both awed and impressed she dare.
IIRC the apostrophe was added to a sentence about wasting the doctor's time.Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
Janice 1964-2016
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Down the road from me, each year a sign appears for "Holly Reeves £5".Shrinking my mortgage!
Nov 13 £166,000
Jan 17 £142,9000
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