Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Bad Punctuation Doesn't Take a Holiday

This ad for cranberry extract features an apostrophe catastrophe and random capitalization:


And what is that woman doing anyway? Wait, don't answer that. This is a family blog.

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4 comments:

  1. Knifty AlyssaApril 30, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    *cringe* I'd rather drink my cranberries anyway.

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  2. FilmFatherMay 1, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    How does that get past the editor/proofreader at the ad agency? Maybe the extract company did it themselves "in house."

    Like a colleague of mine used to say: "In-house creative produces outhouse results."

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  3. Jane SuttonMay 2, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    Cinematically referencing, I'll have what she's having.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 29, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    Not only are they punctuation challenged, check out their website trunature.net, where they use the dreaded Comic Sans font.

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