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March 13th, 2007 | 
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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.
Do you need more ordinary wildlife? This travel agent has extra!
Taken by Pheasance in Jacksonville, FL, October 22, 2005.
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.
We don’t know why people use apostrophes to indicate plurals when apostrophes are meant for possessives. Sent in by Osea.
This is from two contradicting storefront signs on Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY. Sent in by Thomas.
Wouldn’t this be a good porn-star name?
Photo by Elizabeth in Jacksonville, FL, October 2005.
Why can’t people understand that the apostrophe is for showing possession, not plurals?
Photo by Thomas at the Erie County (NY) Fair, August 13, 2005.
What do the quotation marks around “Real” indicate?
Sent in by Pheasance.
Doesn’t everyone know the rule “I before E except after C” yet?
Apparently not the people at Lowe’s in Fredericksburg, VA:
Sent in by Pheasance.