Apostrophe Problems in Texas

No apostrophe necessary. 

Play a Role, Not a Roll

This is from a Bryant, Arkansas, news outlet. The word roll should be role. 

Pronoun/antecedent Agreement Error

The antecedent of the word their is 1. The number 1 is singular; therefore, any pronoun referring to 1 should also be singular. Their is plural and does not agree with its antecedent 1.

 Their should be his/her. 

Kids

No apostrophe is necessary in kids.  This one was outside El Patron in Benton, Arkansas. 

Apostrophe, Apostrophe, Why Have They Abandoned You?

There should be an apostrophe in womens. The word women is plural. The -s shows possession, thus requiring an apostrophe. This one is from Benton, Arkansas. 

Poetry Creator App Struggles to Create Grammatically Correct Sentences and Contractions

The first full sentence on this screen should read, "Don't worry if you're sharing a poem. The words in your drawer itself... ."

Write APART Apart

Oddly enough, when you intend to say someone or something is joined with something, you should write a part as two separate words. When you intend to say that someone or something is separate, you should write apart as one word. Wal-Mart in Benton, Arkansas, got it wrong. 

Cheap Pizza!

When one writes $.99, this means 99 parts out of 100 parts of a dollar. We say it, "99 cents." When one writes .99 followed by the cent sign that I cannot find on my phone, one has written that the price for said product is almost one cent or 99 parts out of 100 parts of a cent. Good luck getting that cheap piece of pizza at Big Red on Reynolds in Bryant, Arkansas.

Congratulations!

I know they're grads, but we should congratulate them. 

Wal-Mart's Tire Center

It was the unnecessary apostrophe that first piqued my interest. I stealthily snapped the picture, and once returning home, I noticed two other errors. Purchase should not be spelled with a second c. Hazzard is the name of the county in which The Dukes of Hazzard is set. The correct spelling of this use is hazard. 

This gem is from the Wal-Mart in Bryant, Arkansas. 

Lightening/lightning

Lightening means to make something lighter in color. Lightning is that streak of electricity during a storm. This was broadcast on Channel 11 KTHV out of Little Rock. 

Pesky Prepositional Phrases Between the Subject and the Verb

The subject of the first sentence is accusations. The subject is separated from the verb has by three prepositional phrases. Once the prepositional phrases are removed, readers can more clearly see that the subject accusations should be paired with the verb have. 

Disdain

Lectures are disdained, not distained.