to quietly correct this?

Bad spelling and grammar puts me right off using a business so yes I’d tell her.

Not exactly the same but I used to pass a tanning salon that charged £2 a session and the sign on the outside read ‘only £2- you get what you pay for’ as if that was a compliment! Person clearly didn’t understand what that phrase means….

It’s a very small business at the moment, and we are both working all the hours to establish it. I do try to read every marketing post, so I can point out any mistakes- but I don’t always get there in time.

I know there's a good joke to be made here about John Thorpe in NA, who is always banging on about carriages and how fast his horses are...

😄Their flagship vehicle, the Northanger Audi

I so often see 'Jane Austin', who I think went on to found a car company with William Morris.

Nope. You still need a possessive apostrophe, but it would be after the s in Janes.

e.g.

my dog’s food (1 dog)
my dogs’ food (more than 1 dog)

The Pakistani greengrocer, in our little Scottish town, used to label satsumas as "wee oranges". Nothing was lost in translation 🙂!

In any case, AFAIK it was 18thC grammarians, trying to codify the English language, who decreed that infinitives should not be split. Their reasoning was apparently that because you can’t split a Latin infinitive - Latin being in their eyes the ‘perfect’ language - it should not therefore be allowed in English.

Which is clearly supremely daft. And I say that as a fully paid-up pernickety old pedant myself.

Is it a big business? Like others, I think informal communication is fair game for SPaG errors and it's a bit of a dick move to correct them. Errors in comms from a small business generally wouldn't bother me unless it's a business which deals with SPaG professionally, as OP mentioned. Errors in comms from a bigger business are a turn off though; there's no shame in dyslexia (or just not being great at SPaG) but there's also no shame in accepting your weaknesses and delegating to someone else, in fact that in itself is a strength.

Sounds mean but if she can’t even get that right then the business doesn’t stand a chance so I probably wouldn’t bother.

Yes it should, that’s why I mentioned it. That ‘s instead of s’ annoys me everytime I walk by it.

And they’re still in business, even though for some on here the unforgivable lack of attention to detail takes priority over hairdressing skill 🤷‍♀️

😂 Reminds me I once heard someone refer to Jane Austen as the tenner lady

Suppose there was a character, like a mascot for the business, called Happy Face... Then the business could legitimately be called Happy Face's Balloons (or whatever)

I can’t even blame anything else; I sneezed and just carried on typing one handed 😂

But your is not a typo for you’re. Autocorrect doesn’t change those. That’s just someone who doesn’t know basic SPAG.

your’re?

Typos are very easy to make. ;)

I was on dating apps last year and if anyone sent me a message with your instead of your’re, it would be an instant unmatch 😂. I cannot stand it!

Because nobody cares about split infinitives. They’re quite the norm these days. Language evolves. That’s part of the fun.

The thing is if it’s personalised stuff, people will want her to notice if they have made an autocorrect error for example. So it does matter

I just googled and I found one called 'Happy Face's Aloud'

🙄

I would have to. I’m a teacher so would say something like ‘sorry, this is the English teacher in me and maybe I’m being pedantic (you’re not, it’s basic grammar) but…..’
Depending on the response I might then offer to proofread some stuff as she was setting up if it’s not her strong point.
I hate the been/being; your/you’re stuff on social media. Honestly I do judge people on it (which I know says a lot more about me than it does about them).

Good old grocers' apostrophe! The Turkish greengrocers near me have some fantastic stabs in the dark on their fruit and veg labels. I especially enjoy buying Qukembar's.

In a nearby town there's a Barber shop called Cushty Cut's . I doubt they've been told as it's been around a few years !

Given the nature of the business and your friendship, I would point it out kindly - in a way that allows her to 'blame' someone else - as others have suggested.

If you can face it, I'd then say something like - probably worth checking through all yoru promo stuff like Facebook etc for errors too. But the actual name of the business is the main thing - she CAN'T have a rogue apostrophe in it.

I cannot lie. It would put me off completely. I'd immediately think 'unprofessional' .

If I was her I would really appreciate you telling me in a polite and non-judgemental way. My grammar isn't great, some people can be very nasty and rude (not directly to me but on social media) about poor grammar. The kindest thing would be for you to tell her as a friend rather than it being pointed out in the future in a way that humiliates her.