I was surfing the net the other day for something and caught this ad. I barely even noticed it. Interesting how much an apostrophe can throw everything off.
Below is a comic strip that I thought was pretty funny because I always have to ask myself that same question.
I would say that the salad poster deserves a gold medal for apostrophe misuse.
ReplyDeleteAs for the owl cartoon, I have to send that one to my friend Michael (aka The Grammar King).
Thank you, Joaquin!
Oh, those abused apostrophes make me sigh in dismay. :(
ReplyDeleteWow. I can't believe someone would pay to have something that large published, especially as an advertisement, and not have it edited. For shame.
ReplyDeleteI think that apostrophe errors are noticeable to me (for the most part) because the rules were deeply ingrained in me as a child. Other grammatical rules, such as hyphenation, weren't presented to me until much more recently (now) so they're more difficult for me to find and figure out. I guess I just want to shake my fist at the failures of our education system for allowing these kinds of errors!