::jawdrop::

[snorkackcatcher]

Notice seen outside a big store complex yesterday:

Reduced to clear. Weather damaged sheds.

Looks like Del Boy's rain-damaged umbrellas have company. :)

Comments

[magnetic-pole.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Maggie

[jesspallas.livejournal.com]

I have to say, as a consumer, that doesn't fill me with confidence. That would be a bargain for people with no common sense...;)

[snorkackcatcher]

Unless they have a use for an indoor shed, of course. :)

[eccentricpirate.livejournal.com]

maybe they were wood sheds and they looked weathered. *hopes this is the case for the good of her brain and humanity*

[snorkackcatcher]

As far as I could tell while going past in a car, they looked like perfectly ordinary sheds. :(

[eccentricpirate.livejournal.com]

That actually ranks right up there for me like the use of apostrophes in plurals, turning them into possesives in public signage, and it happens so often. Think of grammar before you pay $300 for that 5 foot long neon sign people!

[snorkackcatcher]

"Grocer's English" as we call it. :)

[eccentricpirate.livejournal.com]

Have you read "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves"? It is brilliant, definately a must-read for those among us who love the noble and brave comma.

[snorkackcatcher]

I've skimmed the first chapter. I'll probably pick up a copy some day ...

[eccentricpirate.livejournal.com]

Someone stole mine. *is still irritated after 2 years*

[snorkackcatcher]

Ouch!

[lucie-p.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought of that book when I read your comment.

(The fight for me is an even worse one, as in German you do not even use that apostrophe for the possessive "s" ending - or rather you're not supposed to, but people are silly. And yes, sometimes for plurals as well. Makes me cringe every single time.)

Also, on the use of commas: http://community.livejournal.com/linguaphiles/2676736.html

;)

[snorkackcatcher]

Heh. I remember reading that story. Sharp practice, but the company that won the case did have the rules of punctuation on their side.

[hibernater.livejournal.com]

*pokes head in* Happy Birthday! I hope you have a lovely year ahead!

[snorkackcatcher]

Hey, thanks!