Thursday, November 09, 2006

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." Posted by Picasa

Sunday, November 05, 2006

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? Posted by Picasa

Saturday, November 04, 2006

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. Posted by Picasa
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. Posted by Picasa
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. Posted by Picasa
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??? Posted by Picasa
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. Posted by Picasa

Friday, October 20, 2006

Here is another sign from the Arkansas State Fairgrounds. The proper spelling is a-d-m-i-n-i-s-t-r-a-t-i-o-n. Posted by Picasa
"NO LAYING DOWN" should be "NO LYING DOWN." Posted by Picasa
This little gem is undoubtedly one of my favorite finds so far. Notice the spelling of the word children in the sign on the right. This is correct only if this barnyard is named for someone whose name is Chidren. This is a permanent sign at at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds. Posted by Picasa
Hey, kids! Obey your parents, unless your parents are telling you to spell OBEY "O-B-A-Y." Posted by Picasa
There is a subject/verb agreement problem in this sign that I found at the Arkansas State Fair. In the sentence that begins "During the hot and humid days," the subject is compund. The verb "brings" would agree with a singular subject, but this sentence should have "bring" because there are two subjects. Posted by Picasa

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Thanks to my brother for this one. (He, too, is an English major.) According to this sign, Fried Pie owns something near this sign. Is it his house to which the sign refers? Is it his car? Ahhhh, I bet someone just did not know how to properly use an apostrophe, and this person only means to say that he has some fried pies to sell. Posted by Picasa