grammar nazi Archive

It's not often that a mere sign - even one displaying a frankly staggering ineptitude with the English language - leaves me speechless, but this particular example of apostrophe abuse came close. Note the shotgun-like approach to grammar involved in this image, where every single ...

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Another day, another sad tale of apostrophe abuse. It seems that the simple rule of "an apostrophe never pluralises" is too much for the shopkeepers of our great nation.  While we're already aware of the horrendous abuse piled upon the innocent possessive apostrophe by Asda, ...

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Those poor apostrophes keep getting abused - left out in the cold in places they have no right being. Take, for example, this woeful tale of a poor innocent apostrophe who found himself sandwiched between "DVD" and "s" at the Asda Living store in Forster ...

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Just a quick update to reassure people that not only am I not dead, I still haven't given up on a life of pedantry. The latest entry in the Hall of Apostrophe Abuse comes courtesy of Wickes in Bradford, which managed to forbid a trolley ...

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Today's example of Apostrophe Abuse comes courtesy of Energy Innovation in Halifax.  You'd think that when you've gone to all the effort - and expense - of getting a shiny, custom, mirrored sign printed you'd proof read it.  Apparently not.  Bravo, sirs.  Bravo.

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Apostrophe abuse is something that get's (sorry) my goat, and so I'm always amused to see examples of it in the wild - especially from people who really should know better. Today's example come's (excuse me) from the Design House Restaurant in Dean Clough Mills, ...

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