Candy Store Mistake

The first sentence is passive. Okay, let that slide. The comma after looking is unnecessary. Okay, let that slide. It's should be written its unless the author of this sign meant, "Each box has it is own unique surprise mix." I found this one in Bethany, Missouri. This store had some great deals on candy, but no toilet paper in 2 out of 3 stalls. (That is another post on another blog.)

Benton Flea Market Billboard

For several weeks, I have been planning to take a picture of these billboards. The mistake I was planning to expose is the word "crossover." It seems to me that when used as a verb and a preposition, it should be written "cross over." When used to identify the class of automobiles known as a cross between a car and an SUV, "crossover" should be used since it is a noun.

Trying to guess what the mistake is in the sign, my daughter pointed out that the apostrophe in "SUNDAY'S" isn't supposed to be there. Her reasoning was based on the fact that there are no apostrophes in the other days of the week on the sign. Chip off the old block. ;)

Cage Fighting

This is an advertisement I found on Mysaline.com. If there is only one Benton Panther, this is correct. Because there are many Panthers, this title should be "Benton Panthers' Fight Night." I suppose that "Benton Panther Fight Night" could also be correct.

Burtha's and Bubbah's

The apostrophe in "Part's" is unnecessary since it does not show ownership. The writer of this sign only means for "parts" to be plural. :)

Chinese on the Go

Thanks to Sandy for sending this one. "APPERTIZERS" should be "APPETIZERS."

Newspaper Article

"U" should be written as "you."

KFC Grammar Nuggets

First of all, typing in all capital letters does not provide emphasis, only confusion. There should be a comma after "By all means." "Steady" should be "steadily" because an adverb is necessary.

The apostrophe in the first line is unnecessary. Buffet is supposed to be plural, not possessive. "Each person" is singular. "They" is plural. "They" should be singular so as to agree with "each person." "They are" should be "he/she is."

Somewhere Over the Raindow...

Not only is this really cheesy, but also it contains the misspelled word. It should be rainBow.

Arkansas Travelers Receipt Mistake

My sister-in-law noticed this mistake while we were attending an Arkansas Travelers game. The apostrophe is unnecessary since the Travs do not own anything here.

Murry's Dinner Playhouse E-mail Mistake

The subject of the headline is "KIDS" and the verb is "IS." This subject and verb do not agree. "IS" should be "ARE." I don't think that the colon is necessary in the headline either. A comma would work in its place. Often, a colon in a headline means that a person has said something that is being quoted.

All makes and models/modles

This mistake has been on this sign for months. My husband risked our lives to stop at this point on the highway and take this picture. (Thanks, I guess. He is fully committed to this cause. Ha!) Modles should be models.

Kerby Funeral Home and Second-hand Caskets

Thanks to Dad for alerting me to this one. I have only skimmed this page. There are several mistakes, but the most glaring mistakes are in the blue box in the lower right of the picture. I first tried to use Photoshop to write in the corrections, but I soon found this too daunting a task. The box should be written as follows:

We do not sell seconds or scratch-and-dents. If, however, we should decide to do so, (remove be) rest assured that you, the customer, will know it in advance.

An avid second-hand shopper, I was completely unaware that one could be buried in a second-hand casket. Oh, the possibilities! Then, as my mind wanders, I try to imagine at what point one gets through using a casket so that it can be re-used. FYI, I really don't care if my casket has a few dents. Second-hand all the way!

****Ok. Ok. Dad has so kindly pointed out that seconds means defective not second-hand. It is still funny to think about it if you are weird as am I. My mind was wandering/wondering, so I just never know where that is going to lead.

More Vacation Finds

This one was at a DQ in Mississippi. I don't think they sell an Iron Grill Clud. I think it is a club. Actually, upon closer inspection, someone had tried to use a permanent marker to make the D into a B. The sign person must have run out of B letters.

This is a sign posted at a side entrance at the hotel in which we stayed. There should be a hyphen in the word reentry. It should be re-entry. Perhaps this is just a style issue, but generally, it seems that when adding a prefix to a word would change the pronunciation of the word, the hyphen is necessary to avoid confusion.