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Subject:Writing Aggravations (was: Homophones) From:Bonni Graham <Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- RELAY -dot- PROTEON -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 25 Jan 1994 09:01:00 EST
One of my anti-favorites is the misplaced apostrophe:
"Shoe's sold here." on a forty-foot sign (or whereever). AAAAAAHHHHH! I've
actually gone in and inquired about what item belonging to the shoe is being
sold...
One of my favorite funnies is the sign I saw a couple of Christmases (?) ago on
a tree lot:
"Santa Clause Here Saturday!"
I figured maybe he was going to bring dictionaries and stuff.
Ah well, at least we can laugh about it, eh?
Bonni Graham |
Technical Writer |
Easel Corporation, ENFIN Technology Lab | Never tell people how to
Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- relay -dot- proteon -dot- com | do things. Tell them
President, San Diego STC | what to do and they will
| surprise you with their
NOTE: apparently my email address needs | ingenuity.
to be typed exactly as it appears here, |
punctuation and all, or the system gets | --George Patton
upset. |
