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.

There's a 2nd hand shop near us that sells, ' book's, CD's, video's, game's, DVDs' no ideas why DVDs doesn't get it's own apostrophe but it really irritates me when I drive past!

I was in Southampton University today and was brought up short by a poster that asked if the students were "Ambitous". Good thin it was in the computer science dept, not the English dept.

For my sins I was in Skegness this week. There were quite a few tea room's that sold a jacket potatoe.

Oddly Wizz that is not a million miles from where I live. They sell bags of
"new tat's" up here, not "new pots". Drives me insane.

I saw that Sparkling, it would do me very well, except I'd probably have to mug Xenia to afford it. :(

Haha oh dear!

I'm still in shock about those fox'.

Ooh I LOVE New's paper's !!!

Ds calls them "prepostrophes!!" In many of these cases I'm thinking his word is waayy more appropriate

I've just printed off a bible word-search for my Sunday school class tomorrow, which I belatedly realised contained the words 'sheperd' and 'sacrafice'.

I'm going to give a prize to the first child who can spot the two misspellings in the word-search list .

Dd anyone see the Christmas "Not Going Out" about the dad arguing about apostrophes. V funny.

I have a theory about sign writer's and printer's.

Firstly, it is alway's in their T&C's that if the proof is a'pproved then that is what will be printed, so tough titty's.

But.....I think that that is because they know that when someone spot's the mistake they will get the job of re:printing and therefore get twice the fee!

There is a pub near us that has "Guiness" etched into its window's. Its been there for year's so we dont really notice it anymore!

When I was young and foolish, I worked at a small department store in my home town.

The sign in our department read: "Office Supplies and Custom Stationary".

When I mentioned it, I was told, "Yes, we know. The owner doesn't care and thinks it's funny."

I had to avoid looking at the sign the whole time I worked there.

Tee I emailed the management at Buchanan Street bus station in Glasgow when they put up notices saying "Engine must be switched off when bus is stationery".

The next week, the notice at every stance had been changed.

I think the opinion with apostrophes tends to be 'if in doubt stick one in' rather than 'if in doubt, leave it out'. I am amazed at the spelling mistakes on liveried vans etc too. Like this

I know a signwriter who was once asked to put an apostrophe where there shouldn't have been one. He pointed out it was wrong but the shopkeeper said he wanted it because a small number of customers would come in to point it out and then stay to buy something.

I liked the german spelling, they use an s on the end for the possessive case but no apostophe - why doesn't the apostrophe have a y on the end ???? English spelling is so confusing

ps missed the r key out ,

I think I have a contender...

Tan'Z & Beauty

The capital z is all theirs too.

Scarab, is it Mablethorpe you live in? Or Louth?

Scarah even...

There is a shop near us called You'r Newsagent.

There is also one which has a sort of subtitle, of WHEN YOUR GOING OUT PARTY PROPER. I believe it sells party supplies of some sort. It makes me feel really ill.

Or party supply's, obviou'sly.

OMG Mother... that's would of been some pa'rty...

(I just threw the of in there for the lolz, obvs)

School run takes me past not only Kid's Classic's but also a shop called Voguê why, WHY for the love of God?

At a local yard - Horse's

On a horsebox

In town - Friend's For Dinner

Catering Company on Liveried Van

Panini's

On a local butty van