http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/08/grammar-abuse-in-signage-part-5/ A blog about spelling, punctuation and grammar Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:12:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/08/grammar-abuse-in-signage-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Anonymous Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:31:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=54#comment-168 That kind of suggests a whole new way to pronouce it. "Sandwiche's." That kind of suggests a whole new way to pronouce it. “Sandwiche’s.”

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/08/grammar-abuse-in-signage-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Tom Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:25:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=54#comment-166 Whilst in Turkey last week I saw (amongst many other grammatical/lingustic atrocities) a shop selling "jean's". <br/><br/>However, I've been thinking about this, and my concern is as follows: should I apply my stringent grammatical standards to situations where English isn't the writer's first language, and if not, am I being patronising and by extension racist?<br/><br/>I may write a more substantial post addressing this issue. Whilst in Turkey last week I saw (amongst many other grammatical/lingustic atrocities) a shop selling “jean’s”. However, I’ve been thinking about this, and my concern is as follows: should I apply my stringent grammatical standards to situations where English isn’t the writer’s first language, and if not, am I being patronising and by extension racist?I may write a more substantial post addressing this issue.

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