Friday 26 October 2007
Grammar Abuse in Signage Part 8
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Abuse of the word 'Photos' is unsettlingly common; in fact all words ending in vowels seem to cause some people problems. They can't simply add an 'S', it's like a mental block. The other one is a rare gem.
Personalize'd Photo's, found here
Abuse of the word 'Photos' is unsettlingly common; in fact all words ending in vowels seem to cause some people problems. They can't simply add an 'S', it's like a mental block. The other one is a rare gem.
Personalize'dAlso note the unnecessary capitals and exclamation point.
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Labels: apostrophe abuse, photos, signage
posted by Gez at 6:48 pm
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2 Comments:
Wow. Personalize'd. Wow. That's somethin'g.
The typesetting's also an abomination. They've got so much space between Personalize'd and Photo's that, at first, my eye wanted to see it as a two-column layout.
Hey I got here via your "switchblade you up all nice" post on PAN. That was sweet.
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