Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Wow!! What a deal!! You can get a bag of ice for less than one penny at Burger King in Benton, Arkansas. If you use the decimal point, then you must use a dollar sign since the decimal point with the dollar sign means a fraction of a dollar. Using the decimal with the cent sign means a fraction of a cent.
There should be a space between ice and bags.

Monday, November 27, 2006



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.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

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. Posted by Picasa

Monday, November 20, 2006

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. Posted by Picasa

Monday, November 13, 2006

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. Posted by Picasa
Well, at least there is no apostrophe. Posted by Picasa

Saturday, November 11, 2006

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! Posted by Picasa
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Thursday, November 09, 2006

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 Posted by Picasa
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