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As it says in the text boxes, this poster, seen at Wilson Farms, has the foreign punctuation wrong. Why give it any foreign punctuation at all, if you’re not going to do it right?

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These two signs are in the same storefront window at a dry cleaner in Buffalo, NY. Which sign is spelled wrong? Spotted and camera-phone photographed by Thomas on February 1, 2006.

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Extra Ordinary, originally uploaded by Shameful Typos.

Do you need more ordinary wildlife? This travel agent has extra!

Taken by Pheasance in Jacksonville, FL, October 22, 2005.

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Love Ones, originally uploaded by Shameful Typos.

Leaving off the “d” in a past-tense verb or a past participle is a fairly common error, probably the result of writing what one thinks one hears without seeing it in print or considering the grammar. Other common examples are “use to” and “ice tea.”

Taken by Pheasance at Publix grocery store, Jacksonville, FL, on October 20, 2005.

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Bar_Sign.jpg, originally uploaded by Shameful Typos.

We don’t know why people use apostrophes to indicate plurals when apostrophes are meant for possessives. Sent in by Osea.

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