A great spot here, sent in by Caroline. I imagine there are a few lorries in the Dreams Plc fleet with this error. Perhaps UK based readers might like to see if they can spot more.
Abuse’s of plural’s and apostrophe’s
Posted by Paddy on 15th January, 2010
It’s time for an apostrophe round-up, because every now and again you just have to kick back and enjoy yourself.
Peter Ball sent in this picture from the George Inn near London Bridge station:
Peter has also helpfully provided a summary of the likely thought process of the chalk-holder in this instance:
‘We appear to have forgotten to pluralise the fifth word in the sentence.’
‘Don’t worry I’ll just stick a “s” on the end.’
‘Actually, I don’t think that quite works.’
‘No problem, I’ll add an apostrophe.’
‘Ah, the perfect crime.’
Eurgh:
This was uploaded to our Flickr group by Mark Brocklehurst, while Clive Andrews uploaded this monstrosity:
I found the following featured on the food menu of a pub on the railway station platform in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. The word ‘panini’ is, of course, already the plural form of the singular ‘panino’ so no further effort was required. Hence this equates to a cataclysmic shambles:
I can’t fault the logic…
Posted by GrammarBlog on 3rd January, 2010
…but this is still several kinds of wrong.
This was sent in by Clive Young who spotted the sign at the Broadway Mall in Hicksville, NY.
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“I’m sorry to nit-pick…”
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20th December, 2009
Well… I am in a hurry.
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Grave errors
In GrammarBlog's view, you can't put a price on good spelling. But it seems some people do precisely that. This has been brought to my attention by the opening scene of a new episode ('Black Swan') from the fine seventh series of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David visits his mother's grave ...
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Death and Tayes
As Mel and Kim so profoundly put it, "Tay-tay, tay-tay t-t-t-t-t tay-tay." Quite what they meant is anyone's guess but it must have struck a chord with the Sky news vidi printer operator who made this typo. Thanks to @gill_Edwards for ...
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