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Far from Perfect I wonder if Jesus will forgive the person who made this welcome mat.Thanks to Jonathan in Knoxville for sending in this catastrophe.… |
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No Kudos for their Bad Punctuation The person who made this sign will not be receiving any kudo's [sic].The name of the city is quite lovely, though.Thanks to Brian for sending in this catastrophe.… |
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Trolley Is Are There are too many problems to count on this sign, sent in by Paul.Even the apostrophe in the store's name seems misplaced. And why do they feel compelled to spell "pack" without a "k"? It almost makes me think they… |
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Cantab Lounge Catastrophe I've been noticing this badly punctuated sign outside the Cantab Lounge for well over a year, but for some reason I'm never in Central Square during daylight hours. Either that or I'm too busy stepping over homeless people to stop… |
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Vegas Strip Alcohol Catastrophe Here is one debacle that did not stay in Vegas.Four catastrophes in one photo! Craig really hit the jackpot.Thanks, Craig!… |
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Things that Make You Go Hmmm…. Lillian found this badly punctuated ad for a Hasbro game called "The Game of Things" in What's Cooking magazine.One of the categories should be "Things you should have learned in English class," Lillian writes.I think a game similar to this… |
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Book Review: Why Women Need Fat BlogHer, a website for female bloggers to which I belong, sometimes provides books for bloggers to review through its book club. This month, we read Why Women Need Fat: How "Healthy" Food Makes Us Gain Excess Weight and the Surprising… |
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Blame It on the Rain Wendy spotted this apostrophe catastrophe at a comedy club in Seattle.Not funny, comedians!Thanks, Wendy!… |
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Newspaper Headline Catastrophe Happy New Year, everyone! I am a bit behind on posting submissions that you have sent in, but keep 'em coming! Here's a catastrophe from a newspaper headline back in September 2011.It should say cities, not city's.Thanks, Agnes!… |
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Holiday Apostrophe Catastrophe An anonymous reader found this apostrophe catastrophe while holiday shopping at TJ Maxx.Good grief indeed! Maybe if Lucy had just said "Merry Christmas," this catastrophe could have been avoided.Thanks, person who sent this to me!… |
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O Holy Catastrophe Susan sent me a screenshot from a YouTube video of some kids in Alaska town going all Bob Dylan on the Hallelujah Chorus. She writes that the video is "Cute, fun, in the spirit of the season and all, but… |
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Filene’s Basement Catastrophe Everything must go at Filene's Basement, including the apostrophe in its name.My condolences to people who loved the Basement.… |
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Video Store Catastrophe Emily spotted this catastrophic sign in a video store in Victoria, BC, so who knows how long it has been there.I hope the parents aren't responsible for their chiderns [sic] spelling!Thanks to Lillian for sending this in!… |
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Christmas Public Service Announcement It's probably a little bit late for this, but I thought I would extend a public-service announcement related to holiday cards. If you are signing your family's name on the card, do not use an apostrophe. Even if your last… |
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Hooters T-Shirt Catastrophe Sherry picked up a Hooters T-shirt for a Halloween costume a few years ago -- or so she claims -- and has been annoyed by its apostrophe catastrophe ever since. The name of the city is Pembroke Pines, so if… |
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Only on Days that End in "Y" Leah couldn't resist correcting this apostrophe catastrophe that she found in the dressing room at Old Navy.Two days in a row, I have featured entries in which readers have corrected errors. I'm proud of you guys!Oh, and I forgot to… |
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She’s Crafty! Last year Melissa sent in a photo of a tree skirt that was marred with an apostrophe catastrophe. When she brought the tree skirt out of storage today, she decided to fix the catastrophe with an editor's mark made of… |
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Thank God It’s for Dogs Sherry spotted this horrible-looking food at Wal-Mart, and I was completely grossed out, until I realized that it's a dog treat. Whew.I don't know if I would even feed this stuff to a dog, though! It looks truly disgusting. And… |
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Manhattan Post Office Catastrophe The post office is extremely busy at this time of year with millions of people shopping for Cyber Monday deals. So, presumably employees at the main Manhattan branch won't notice the double catastrophe on this sign in their cafeteria.Edward, who… |
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Good On Cold The catchphrase on this cup reads "good on cold" or perhaps "good in cold," but I'm pretty sure McDonald's means to say "good and cold."This is a minor catastrophe compared to many others I have posted on this site, but… |
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Gardening Catastrophe Someone handed this flyer to Kate's husband in Hampton, England:I don't know if I have ever seen so many apostrophe catastrophes on one page! While it's not technically an error, per se, it looks awkward to start an advertisement with… |
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Veterans Day: An Apostrophe-Free Holiday Happy Veterans Day, everyone! Yes, that's Veterans with no apostrophe. The day is for all veterans, unlike Mother's Day, which is apparently for only one mother.The Washington Post has an interesting blog posting today about Veterans Day and how it… |
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You and Whose Army? My softball team won our game last night, so we moved on to the next round of the playoffs. When we got to field #2, we found these guys cheering us on.Gary's Army had lost to the Red Squirrels, so… |
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Pizza Catastrophe Katie spotted this pizza catastrophe at the California State Fair.At least it wasn't deep fried like most of the food at state fairs.Thanks, Katie!… |
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Let Me Stand Next to Your Catastrophe Shelby spotted a blatant apostrophe catastrophe (you're/your confusion) on Fender's website when she was trying to enter a contest.The sentence also needs a period at the end. Jimi Hendrix would be horrified. Fender Stratocaster needs to tune up its punctuation… |
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Everything Must Go, Including Apostrophes Intense depression as a result of their stores going out of business is the only explanation for this apostrophe catastrophe from Border's.Thanks to Lance for sending in this catastrophe. It's fitting that I'm posting his submission today because I met… |
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Two Stores, Two Different Problems Bradley visited two photo stores in one day and found that neither of them could use apostrophes properly. The first one missed the apostrophe in world's.And the second one added an errant apostrophe to iPads.Bradley concludes that one could argue… |
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Failing the Bar Exam As I know all too well, Tommy Doyle's has two locations in Cambridge. Last Friday night, I told some friends to meet me at the Harvard Square location for a free-beer event, but it turned out to be in Kendall.… |
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Three-for-One Sale on Punctuation Errors Karen sells a variety of bits and bobs, but she's giving out apostrophe catastrophes for free.It's too bad that Karen ruined a quaint expression with punctuation errors.Thanks to Chris in Walthamstow, England, for sending in this triple catastrophe.… |
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Deep-Fried Catastrophe J. spotted a fattening apostrophe catastrophe at the Great Geauga County Fair (Ohio).I have to admit that I ate a bunch of chocolate-covered potato chips last week at work (damn you, coworkers!), but even I would not eat deep-fried Oreos.Thanks,… |
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Bodega Catastrophe I don't normally post spelling errors, but this one, which Nick spotted at a bodega in New York City, was so shockingly bad that I couldn't resist.It's such a ridiculous misspelling that my first instinct was that it must be… |
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