Thursday, September 11, 2008

Dan Quayle Must Have Written This Sign

Here's another one from New York:


The apostrophe catastrophe here also creates a spelling error because "potato" shouldn't have an "e" in it. This sign should also have a comma after "eggs." The guys in the background clearly had no idea why I was taking a picture of their little shop.

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2008 at 12:40 PM

    Actually, the plural of potato can be/is spelled with an 'e'. That's certainly how we do it in England, anyway.

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  2. BeckySeptember 12, 2008 at 11:15 AM

    We write "potatoes" here, too. I meant that "potatoe's" isn't correct. Maybe I wasn't clear. Thanks!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2008 at 9:14 AM

    Eeek! They aren't even consistent in their apostrophe errors! What about the egg's?

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  4. GrumpyNoMoreOctober 3, 2008 at 12:18 AM

    Becky, I agree. Potato, potato's, potatoes or potatoes' could all be gramatically correct in one context or another, but never potatoe's.

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