Patient's

This should read "ALL PATIENTS" not "ALL PATIENT'S." The writer means to say that there are many patients, not that the patient possesses something. Robin found this one at her doctor's office. Thanks for helping to expose the mistakes.

Mom vs. mom

P&G's current ad campaign ends with the frame above. Moms should not be capitalized because it follows a possessive pronoun.

When the word mom is used where a name could be substituted, it should be capitalized.

I told Mom about my dinner plans. (I told Sarah about my dinner plans. This would work.)

When the word mom follows a possessive pronoun, it should not be capitalized.

I told my mom about my dinner plans. (I told my Sarah about my dinner plans. This would not work.)

This rule applies to other words such as dad, grandma, and grandpa.

Upon finding the commercial online, I was dismayed to see the misspelling of commercial on the website.

College Prep Coach??

This person may have lots of great test prep tips, but I doubt his/her credibility after reading only one post. I marked problem areas. I may have missed a few. Its should be it's. There should be a comma after magic because this is a compound sentence. A comma should be after easy because this word ends an introductory dependent clause. Another comma should be placed after articles because the introductory prepositional phrases need to be separated from the rest of the sentence. Another comma should be placed after say because say ends an introductory dependent clause. Quit should be quite. Whic should be which. Fell should be feel. Another issue I see in this post in the switch between the 3rd person use of "students" mixed with the 2nd person use of "you." Either one would be correct, but both should not be used. After posting the picture, I can't see the red marks very well, so if I have left out an explanation, I will try to add that later. Thanks, Robin, for this one.

Textbook Mistake

A student found this one in an FCSI textbook. Notice that the sentence beginning, "Take care of your skin" has the word hair twice in the list. Great job, student!

Mechine/Machine

Thanks to Robin for this one. Mechine should be spelled machine. I wonder what prompted the making of this sign. What were people putting in the elevator machine room? ...flammable liquids, a change of clothes, the best broom... This one was at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas.

Frys/fries

Fries, not frys. I checked on hush puppie. This spelling seems to be used online and in recipes, but the more common spelling appears to be hush puppy in the singular. It is also sometimes spelled as one word and sometimes as two words.

Sale/Sell

Dad found this one at Wal-Mart, too. I assume that the same employee is responsible for this sign as for the one below. I love that someone wrote a correction above the word sale. Dad, did you do it?

Dad found this one at Wal-Mart in Searcy, Arkansas. First of all, why not just put up a sign that says, "Dehumidifiers"? That would have eliminated the need to choose between sale and sell. They sell dehumidifiers. They do not sale dehumidifiers. Thanks, Dad!

Women's/Womens

This is a Kohl's bathroom door. Rare indeed is this absence of an apostrophe. Women is plural, so adding an S makes it double plural, if there is such a thing. WOMEN or WOMEN'S would be correct, but WOMENS is not correct.

Coach Ad

While waiting for a really long time in a doctor's office, I came across this gem. This picture only shows a few of these parallel structures. The antecedent of the pronoun they is coach. They is plural. Coach is singular. The proper way to write this is, "When a basketball coach can average more than 20 wins per season, you'd know he is a good coach." Sometimes for political correctness he/she is used. In this case, he is correct because the story is about a male coach.
This was in Saline County, Arkansas' Lifestyle magazine.

Ice Tea Lid's

No apostrophe necessary since the writer only intends to create a plural. This was at a McDonald's.