Sunday, July 27, 2008

SKYPE


I hope you can read this. I just learned how to capture a window on the screen. Wow! I also just opened a Skype account today. In the process of adding people to my list, I found this screen. It is such a gem. Notice the bulleted list underneath the red line of text. Ironically, spelt is mispelled. The apostrophe in contact's is unnecessary since the writer merely wanted to make a plural, not a possessive. The error is repeated in the second bullet. Ahhh! I will have to search more windows in the Skype program.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Searcy Signs

This sign is posted near the cash register in the Harding University cafeteria. I originally only noticed the error on the first line, but after closer inspection, I, with the help of my cohorts, found several other mistakes. Thanks, gals. Here are the mistakes I noticed:
1. "Its" should be "it's" because what the writer means is "it is."
2. "Your's" is never correct. It is "yours."
3. "Pickes" is not spelled correctly. It should be spelled "picks."
4. "Theives" is spelled incorrectly. It should be spelled "thieves."
As a graduate of the Harding English program, I hope that these mistakes have been noticed by others, especially those in the English department.

This sign is at Hardee's on Race Street in Searcy, Arkansas. "Biscut" should be spelled "biscuit."

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Branson signs


Anyone is singular; therefore, them (which is plural) should also be singular. It should be his or her. This sign was at Celebration City.

There are two mistakes in this sign posted at Celebration City in Branson, Missouri. The word spelled ubrupt on the sign should be spelled abrupt. I can't see the other mistake, now. I think it was an error with sit/set.






I found this one in Branson. Customer is supposed to be plural, not possessive. The apostrophe should not be there. Also, "Will overflow" is a sentence fragment.