Nice "Decision," LeBron

Bitterness apparently leads to unnecessary quotation marks, as evidenced by this bizarre letter written by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. That semicolon at the beginning should be a colon, and let's not even talk about the comic sans. Or the passive-aggressiveness. Or the odd reference to death and heaven.

Thanks to my friend Dave for encouraging me to read this letter.

But You're Not Protected from Grammatical Errors

When I first saw this image that Heidi uploaded to the Apostrophe Catastrophes facebook group, I thought it was an ad for condoms.


But apparently it's for anti-virus software. Bad advertising and bad grammar! Besides the obvious you/you're confusion, I think there should be some sort of punctuation after RELAX. A colon, perhaps? Let's ask Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Thanks, Heidi!

Get This Sign a Colon Cleanser!

This is the second submission from Merry this week! She took this photo from a bus:


Impressive! This random colon was spotted in Brighton, MA. Thanks again, Merry!

Punctuation Vacation

I recently got back from a lovely trip to Bermuda. The island features pink-sand beaches, turquoise water, and a refreshing lack of a punctuation errors. And when I did see a few stray apostrophes and unnecessary quotation marks, I didn't really care. That's what being in paradise does to you. You just lie on the beach and ignore the problems of the world (e.g., the mortgage crisis, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and the Miley Cyrus photo controversy). Changing out of my bathing suit after a day at the beach, I saw this sign, and it hardly bothered me. I snapped a quick photo with my camera phone, but my heart wasn't in it.



But now I'm back to reality, and I'm sure my snarkiness will return shortly.

Lost: Ability to Spell and Punctuate

Reading this sign reminds me of how I felt when Terri Hatcher performed on American Idol this season. This is so atrocious that it has to be a joke, right? To the person who posted this sign on the corner of 54th Street and 7th Avenue: please tell me you were kidding.



Thank you to my friend Michelle for sending me this gem from Manhattan. I'm glad to see she's putting her iPhone to good use. Worst. Sign. Ever!