Another unnecessary apostrophe error plagues passersby.

Notice the discrepancy between the large font that says $11.99 and the small font that says $10.99. It is odd that you like what you read in the small print.

It should read "FOR YOUR" not "FOR YOU." At least this sign's author did not write "FOR YOU'RE." I also question the use of quotation marks. To add insult to injury, this sign was posted throughout Harvest Foods.

Man, I thought I was picky! My husband caught this one at Malvern National Bank in Bryant, Arkansas. The marks that are supposed to denote inches following the 6 are turned the wrong way.

This sign and the next sign were written by people for whom English is a second language, so my husband says this is like taking candy from a baby. Why do we say that? Is it really all that easy to take candy from a baby? But... I digress. The equal signs are a bit odd. They should probably be hypens. Thursday should not have that last s. 

Well, at least there is no apostrophe. 

I posted the entire ad and the section with a mistake.

Do you have a thyroid problem? Nope.
Do you have an apostrophe problem? Yep.

The thyroid gland controls, not control's.

This was in Farm Bureau's Front Porch magazine. This is an ad from UAMS. Two entities missed this simple mistake!

 

This is from the El Dorado Times's online paper. I am certain these folks are showing us the DEER they killed, not the dear. tsk tsk

I am so ashamed of myself. I have driven by this sign on Highway 5 in Bryant at least a zillion times. Until a few days ago, I had not noticed that there is an apostrophe error in the Hairloom sign. I guess there is not an error if the folks there know how to welcome you in a way that only walk-ins can, but then that does not make any sense. It seems that this sign should read "Walk-Ins Welcome."

Thanks to my brother for this one. Looking at this reminds me of one of my English teachers in high school. After grading our writing, she would say that it looked like we had no idea how to use commas, so instead of using them properly, we just shook them out all over the page as if commas were like salt in a shaker. In this case, the shaker is full of apostrophes instead of commas.

Oh.... and why only one lower case letter in the main words? 

These mistakes are minor ones. First, the list of diseases introduced with a hyphen should be followed by a hyphen. Second, the pronoun everyone is singular. That means that the pronoun their is incorrect. Their is a plural pronoun. Instead, the pronoun his or the pronoun her should be used. 

This sign and the following 2 signs are posted side-by-side in the work area at the Christian supply store Mardel in Little Rock, Arkansas. Proper spelling for the 2 misspelled words in this sign is c-o-n-f-e-r-e-n-c-e and a-v-a-i-l-a-b-l-e. (Let's have a conference about the availability of spell checking on the company computer and good old-fashioned use of a dictionary.) THIS SIGN IS MADE EVEN MORE ANNOYING BY THE USE OF ALL CAPS. TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK, PLEASE.

This one is from Mardel as well. Chill with the capital letters! "WITH NO % OF INTREST" is not only strangely worded, but also the word is correctly spelled i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t.

Ahhh, too bad the person posting this sign did not see a dictionary REPRESENTATIVE before posting this sign. This one is from Mardel, as well. What's up with ALL CAPS? AM I THE ONLY PERSON WHO FINDS ALL CAPS DIFFICULT TO READ AND EXCRUCIATINGLY OBNOXIOUS???

I found this one at Mardel in Little Rock. "WHAT'S YOUR GENRE?" or "WHAT ARE YOUR GENRES?" would be correct, but as is, this has a subject/verb agreement problem. What's means what is. Is should be used with a singular noun, not the plural noun genres.