...there nothing that irks me more than a misplaced apostrophe. "its" is for possession. "it's" is for "it is." get it right or pay the price. i can overlook a quickly dashed email or even a memo. but a printed sign-- or worse, a tattoo like the numbskull in the photo-- with a misplaced apostrophe? come on. that's the epitome of american ignorance. (that's an exaggeration, i know.) but seriously, if it's permanent, proofread! (now, i'm not perfect by any means. but i was an english major. so i can get righteous over punctuation if i wanna.)
Friday, June 23, 2006
Now, I'm no Vento from Geno's, but...
...there nothing that irks me more than a misplaced apostrophe. "its" is for possession. "it's" is for "it is." get it right or pay the price. i can overlook a quickly dashed email or even a memo. but a printed sign-- or worse, a tattoo like the numbskull in the photo-- with a misplaced apostrophe? come on. that's the epitome of american ignorance. (that's an exaggeration, i know.) but seriously, if it's permanent, proofread! (now, i'm not perfect by any means. but i was an english major. so i can get righteous over punctuation if i wanna.)
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I agree. Your blog is a pleasure to read - the reader must work to read something without correct grammar, spelling or punctuation. The thought then gets lost in the writer's apathy.
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