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to quietly correct this?

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forgotmypassagain · 23/07/2024 10:44

I want to preface this with saying at this juncture I have not uttered a word.

Through my DDs I am friendly with one of the school mums (sit with her at parties, message about the kids, take them to soft play together).
She’s recently set up a business…let’s call it The Happy Faces but on all her promotional things she’s put an apostrophe in faces so the the business is called “The Happy Face’s”…

I suppose I’m asking if anyone would point this out to her? The type of business it is lends itself to correct grammar, punctuation and spelling. Mine is by no means perfect btw and I’m asking more from the point of view that she is absolutely lovely and i would like to see her succeed and wouldn’t want people to be put off the business by incorrect punctuation in the business name.

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Kurokurosuke · 23/07/2024 11:28

SeeSeeRider · 23/07/2024 11:05

Why not Laura's and Jane's Card Shop? (Capitals if it's a business name).

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Because it is their joint card shop. The card shop belonging to Laura and Jane.

If Laura and Jane both had a card shop each, then Laura's and Jane's card shops.

Thewheelweavesasthewheelwills · 23/07/2024 11:26

Tell her, I'm dyslexic, my spelling/ grammar and hand writing are all bad! If you are nice about it and doing me a favour I'd appreciate it.

'Sue, I'm not sure if you've noticed but there shouldn't be an ' between the e and the s'

betterangels · 23/07/2024 11:25

TheCultureHusks · 23/07/2024 11:13

All of them. You check. It’s not hard to check. Careless people don’t check. Careless people will be careless with other things.

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Careless people don't get my money. It matters.

ThatsAFineLookingHighHorse · 23/07/2024 11:24

Please tell her. It will put many people off coming to her for her services, especially if grammar and attention to detail are supposed to be part of them.

SeeSeeRider · 23/07/2024 11:21

KatiesMumWoof · 23/07/2024 11:17

@SeeSeeRider

stay with android!!

my iPhone just changes stuff of its own accord & changes things like wouldn't to would. It changes their/they're/there & to/too/two
and various other stuff - drives me batty.

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Can't you turn it off in the settings?

KatiesMumWoof · 23/07/2024 11:19

@forgotmypassagain

yes, tell her, but don't be all mealy mouthed & twee, just tell her.

KatiesMumWoof · 23/07/2024 11:17

SeeSeeRider · 23/07/2024 11:03

But autocorrect (at least on my Android phone) offers the choice of what you originally typed plus some suggestions. You have to pick something. If you pick the wrong thing that's you, not the phone.

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@SeeSeeRider

stay with android!!

my iPhone just changes stuff of its own accord & changes things like wouldn't to would. It changes their/they're/there & to/too/two
and various other stuff - drives me batty.

KatiesMumWoof · 23/07/2024 11:17

SeeSeeRider · 23/07/2024 11:03

But autocorrect (at least on my Android phone) offers the choice of what you originally typed plus some suggestions. You have to pick something. If you pick the wrong thing that's you, not the phone.

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@SeeSeeRider

stay with android!!

my iPhone just changes stuff of its own accord & changes things like wouldn't to would. It changes their/they're/there & to/too/two
and various other stuff - drives me batty.

AttackMeleys · 23/07/2024 11:16

I wouldn't avoid a business with occasional dodgy SPAG in their website blurb, but I'd find it hard to have faith in them if they can't even get their own name right. This is not an informal text message, or a wittering post on mn, this is the published face of your business - it's supposed to show your best side! And if you can't even get that right....

My current suppressed irritation is about emails from primary school. You know, the people who are supposed to teach children how to read and write. Occasional mistakes wouldn't be noticeable or if I did notice I wouldn't care. But I think someone massively over-ordered apostrophes at the beginning of the year and they are determined to get rid of them so scatter them liberally throughout every communication 😆 That, and the fact there are frequently amendments sent out (then amendments to the amendments) to correct emails and info they have already sent is starting to really annoy me. I'm not perfect and I'm sure this post is riddled with typos and inelegant wording - but it is informal, I would never send out the kind of crap they send in a professional capacity from a school. I know I shouldn't say it, but I've said it to you lot, and I wouldn't say it to them. But yeah. Thanks I feel better for that!

ranchdressing · 23/07/2024 11:13

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 23/07/2024 11:10

But don't spell unnecessarily wrong in your message 😉

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Whooops I thought it looked wrong 😂

TheCultureHusks · 23/07/2024 11:13

Kta7 · 23/07/2024 10:52

All businesses or just one where that sort of attention to detail is required?

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All of them. You check. It’s not hard to check. Careless people don’t check. Careless people will be careless with other things.

UpThereForThinkingDownThereForDancing · 23/07/2024 11:12

'oh no! The printers have put in a dodgy apostrophe... Don't let them charge you to correct it. Good luck with the launch, so exciting!'

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 23/07/2024 11:10

ranchdressing · 23/07/2024 10:53

You have to shit sandwich it!

Hey friend,
Your website/leaflet/instagram page looks so fantastic! Excited for you.
Did you notice a small typo? It should be faces not face's! Just thought I'd point it out in case you hadn't seen! Autocorrect is always adding them in for me uneccesarily...
Hope everything is going well with it

But don't spell unnecessarily wrong in your message 😉

purpleme12 · 23/07/2024 11:06

No it would be Laura and Jane's card shop

pizzaHeart · 23/07/2024 11:06

Are you sure that it is a typo ? It might be deliberate to avoid google mix up.

SeeSeeRider · 23/07/2024 11:05

Sunshineafterthehail · 23/07/2024 10:59

One of the dm's at our school has a business with a shop. .
Laura & Janes card shop.
*not real names..
Surely Laura & Jane's?

Why not Laura's and Jane's Card Shop? (Capitals if it's a business name).

SeeSeeRider · 23/07/2024 11:03

LadyChilli · 23/07/2024 10:50

Suggests it was an autocorrect fail rather than her grammar.

But autocorrect (at least on my Android phone) offers the choice of what you originally typed plus some suggestions. You have to pick something. If you pick the wrong thing that's you, not the phone.

WitchyBits · 23/07/2024 11:02

@Kta7

I won't use businesses that can't use correct SPAG either.

purpleme12 · 23/07/2024 11:02

Kta7 · 23/07/2024 10:52

All businesses or just one where that sort of attention to detail is required?

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You don't think it's important for all businesses to pay attention to detail?

betterangels · 23/07/2024 11:00

RishiIsACuntWaffle · 23/07/2024 10:47

Yes because it could be costing her business.

This. I'd absolutely point it out in a way that allows her to frame it as a mistake.

Sunshineafterthehail · 23/07/2024 10:59

One of the dm's at our school has a business with a shop. .
Laura & Janes card shop.
*not real names..
Surely Laura & Jane's?

Gladtobeout · 23/07/2024 10:58

Kta7 · 23/07/2024 10:52

All businesses or just one where that sort of attention to detail is required?

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I can't think of any business where attention to detail is irrelevant.

MonsteraMama · 23/07/2024 10:57

Oh absolutely tell her, I know so many people who just won't use a business if there's poor spelling or grammar anywhere in the promotional material, never mind the name of the business itself! That little apostrophe could genuinely be costing her a fortune.

Agree with @ranchdressing about bringing it to her as a shit sandwich: positive-oooh that apostrophe though-positive.

CointreauVersial · 23/07/2024 10:56

Absolutely tell her! But I agree with the "shit sandwich" approach - say something nice/supportive/encouraging as well.

Imworriedagain · 23/07/2024 10:55

Definitely tell her as it will only help her in the long run.

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