To not buy a product due to erroneous apostrophes?

[PavlovtheCat]

It is an otherwise appropriate product and to be fair, there is only one misuse of apostrophe. I can even see why they have placed it; if in doubt add an apostrophe, right? Wrong.

But, it makes me think they have not had their website proofread, which then leads me think they are not such a professional business. This in turn concerns me should there be a problem with the product in terms of customer service and aftercare. And, if I am completely honest, it makes me feel a little bit irrationally grumpy.

Am I Being Unreasonable? DH thinks I am being so.

[JamieandtheMagicTorch]

Because Tesco isn't a person, nor is Asda, whereas Mr Sainsbury was

Tesco stands for Something Company (or Co.)

[DarceyBissell]

Hairdresser in our town has sign in window offering Ladie's Cut n Blow.

[JamieandtheMagicTorch]

Why isn't it Morrison's?

[SueDoku]

Sorry, sorry - have just realised that it's Waterstones that have dropped their apostrophe, not Sainsbury's...... Will google before posting next time

[DarceyBissell]

Tessa Cohen.

[25catsnameSam]

Sue - they still have the apostrophe in its correct place on their website. Perhaps all is not lost and you can continue to shop there?

[JamieandtheMagicTorch]

Ah thanks Darcey

I was wrong

So it should be Tesco's then?

[DarceyBissell]

Nappie is in same league as auntie.

[Nanny0gg]

I did once write to M&S querying why they'd dropped the apostrophe on their Mother's Day display banners (it's back now). I was told it was for 'aesthetic' reasons.

[Crikeyblimey]

It makes me sad that some of the supermarkets (and other companies) have dropped the apostrophe for "ease of signage" or some such bollocks. IMO it should be Sainsbury's as it is the supermarket that belongs to Mr Sainsbury.

Not an apostrophe one but I love "good punctuation saves lives - let's eat, grandma vs let's eat grandma" :)

[Optimist1]

Agree with you 100%, Pavolv! If you don't pay attention to the details in your promotional material, what sort of attention will you pay to the detail of your product/service?

[25catsnameSam]

Some companies have a thing about the possessive apostrophe- I work for a company ending in S and we are not allowed to use it. I weep a little inside every time I read our terms of business.

[DarceyBissell]

Jamie - companies use their names as brands, so it's Tesco and Asda. They spend loads of quids on consultancies to decide such things.

[apostropheuse]

Pavlov Of course you are not being unreasonable...but then I would say that.

[tupuedes]

The name Tesco is derived from T.E Stockwell and Cohen who founded it.

[DarceyBissell]

Rinse - this isn't shit, it is pivotal to civilisation.

[JamieandtheMagicTorch]

You could argue that it should be Mothers' Day

[DarceyBissell]

Where did Tessa come into it then? Thought she was Cohen's daughter.

[JamieandtheMagicTorch]

kim

The cat licked its tail is a bit hard for young children because it is a possessive.

[DarceyBissell]

What about Magistrates' Court or
Magistrates Court?

[PavlovtheCat]

Wow, this thread has taken off while I did the bedtime reading with my children!

I, in fact, found several of the same error in different sites. It was via Amazon, although I have now reassured myself that it is not Amazon at fault, apart from them allowing those companies to promote their products with such appalling use of apostrophes. The word is:

mattress's

FFS. Just thinking about that, and how MANY companies have done this, along with some other bad practice has made me quite cross. I might not be able to buy products from anywhere at this rate.

I have been confined to limited movement for a short while and my friend bought me 'Eats Shoots and Leaves' which is a fab book about pedantry. I would expect the majority of those posting here would have read it, but if not, you will be reading about your good selves in it