Today I saw the most heinous apostrophe crime ever.

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Ladie's shoe's

Men's shoe's

Boy's shoe's

Girl's shoe's

Bag's

Sale item's

There were more but my eye's couldn't take it so I had to leave.

Oh LRD

I so hope you get it. That would be so ironic and amusing.

It would be wonderful, taggie (and, your name is very apt here! ). But somehow I doubt it.

There's someone at work who signs her name 'Deb's'.

This. Tell me it's not true. Please. My eye's are bleeding.

It's true. She cleans the loo's beautifully. And signs her name in the box Deb's. I shall photograph it.

Maybe it's Deb's toilet? Am clutching at grammatical straws, clearly.

Maybe you're ignoring patent evidence of modern-day slavery carried out by a staff member called Deborah?

My favourite was on a sign I saw at Washington Services on the A1 about 10 years ago. It was about cooked breakfasts and said "Cho'ose any 5 items".

An apostrophe makes the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit!

I was at the local hospital yesterday and saw a door with a huge sign on it, laminated and everything.

STATIONARY

It's a good job it was a hospital, I felt quite ill. Must look out for the moving stationery cupboards too.

Let's talk about capitals. The difference between "I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse" and "I helped my uncle jack off his horse".

I saw a sign today saying:

Haircuts
Tan's
Party Eye's

I nearly crashed the car in disbelief, and I'm not the worlds greatest punctuaterer!

Collie, please, some of us are holding red wine which makes a terrible stain when we spill it.

Am with Spectral that the worst, the worst is when someone uses a comma where they believe an apostrophe should go....and there was no need for the apostrophe in the first place.

I have seen it. It is real.

Oh, and LRD, if it makes you feel better, the Grammar school round our way, one of the oldest and most prestigious, had to junk a load of its memorial mugs when they proclaimed it 'Lancaster Grammer School'

BlueBalloon I absolutely love that!

I hate grammatical errors and mistakes on signage. I noted two recently, one where 'receive' was spelt with the e and i the wrong way around and one which referred to 'occassions' . Both were on actual printed artwork not handwritten by a member of staff, so you just have to ask yourself why, in sweet Jesus' name, didn't someone, somewhere during the production process, spot it?!

I'm really sorry about this, but when I read your 17:48 post, Taggie, I misread it as o'ffended, and wondered whether that could be the next generation of apostrophe confusion.

I saw a sign in Manchester recently that said "Debbie Know's Hair".

My friends and I passed a good few minutes merrily debating whether it was a hair salon belonging to Debbie Know or if Debbie was just confident that she is knowledgeable about hair (but not grammar.)

The apostrophe had been blackened out, but was still clearly visible, so someone must have told Debs (Deb's) of her mistake.

As you know from my "Let Me See Your Beautiful" thread from last night (because I know you all read it ) I'm a stickler for grammar/spelling etc.

Worst spelling mistake I came across was in the lingerie section of Matalan. A sign above bras that read "Post Surgeory"

They tried to stop me taking a photograph of it (but failed) and I sent an email to their headquarters. I received a less than satisfactory response

LRD ouch!

The local school that is supposed to be the best in the borough has a website. On the first page it says 'Headteachers Welcome'.

I assume everyone else can get stuffed?

We have Potatoe's and Tomatoe's for sale in the greengrocers near us. Every time I walk past I itch to scrub the errant 's off.

Go in and tell them Stratters. Oh and have you seen this -isn't it what you were after? (Sorry for small hijack)

I feel faint.

Someone's FB status today included the word "burn't".

A shop near me sells Jacket Potatoe's and pannini's.

I will never set foot in there.