Warning! Extreme apostrophe outbreak reported at Godstone Farm & Playbarn in Surrey. EVERY SINGLE SIGN in the 40-acre site is contaminated. Please approach with caution if of a grammatically sensitive constitution.
Yearly archives: 2016
How about ‘damp’ dogs? The mocking power of the unnecessary quote mark…
Doggy style
This has been on my phone for ages and I’ve never got round to posting it. For such an impact page opener, you’d think The Telegraph would know it should either be ‘the battle’s over’ or ‘the battles are over’.
Apostrophe battle
This might look like a bog-standard misspelled sign, hastily put up with no real regard to spelling conventions. And yes, it certainly is; only there were FOUR of these signs in the park near my house, with wet written ‘weet’ on each […]
To ‘know’
The spelling has gone down the pan in this public loo in Bath.
Bog standard
Apostrophe use never fails to amaze me. For instance, on this sign, why do ‘ciders’ and ‘dogs’ take an (incorrect) apostrophe, while snacks, beers, wines and lagers get none? Unless the sign writer has some ‘in cider’ knowledge, plurals never take apostrophes.
It’s a sign…
Richard Branson’s favourite food, according to the Sunday Times Magazine – shepherd’s pie with nearly a kilo of salt…
Salty slip-up
If making a (poor) grammar joke, then at least make sure the spelling is correct…