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.

[PavlovtheCat]

Oh those have reminded me of an appalling name for a shop, which also had a double entendre which was highly inappropriate in a soft play area; advertised on their tv screens. I can't remember the name. It's going to bug me now. It was like 'tan ya hyde' but not that. I might have to go and google it somehow now.

[PavlovtheCat]

I remembered. It was the slogan that was wrong. It was grammatically correct, just fucking appalling

let us nail you

[garlicnutty]

I agree with whoever said we should be pedantic about numbers, too!

If only people got that % is the same as "pence in the pound", it would be a good start.

I've seen numerous filmed experiments, where shoppers' brains stop working on sight of a "25% off" sign ... and choose the one with "20p off" instead [rolleyes]

[garlicnutty]

Pavlov - maybe there is work for small-time copywriters, after all!

Let us nail you?

Was this an ad for a manicurist?

[despair]

[PavlovtheCat]

garlic yes it was. It was something like 'Nails 4 U'. I pointed it out to the manager as it was in a child's soft play zone and she was like 'meh'.

[PavlovtheCat]

garlic and yes, there is. I have a business card I am actually quite rubbish at my own work, but largely as I don't proofread my own stuff (lazy, don't like reading my own words back, lazy), but others' errors? drives me insane! typos are different to actual businesses that should be reading and re-reading their business signs, websites and advertisements. If they know they are not perfect in their grammar, then pay someone to give it a once-over at the very least.

[PseudoBadger]

In my line of work we deal with many premises. A singular premises is the same as multiple premises. It is not a premise.
For some reason many many professional people who I work with (across the whole of the UK) use premise for one premises. It drives me absolutely insane.
I once sat through a powerpoint presentation given by a legal professional regarding Premises Licences. The slides were correct. Every time he had to read the word premises he amended it to premise :o

[PavlovtheCat]

pseudo no way! what a tosser! (him, not you)

[Nanny0gg]

I wish I had a pound for every time I've proof-read school reports where 'practise' and 'practice' have been misused.

[PavlovtheCat]

man lays on the couch of his psychiatrist and says, "I have an irrational fear of 'and', 'or', 'but', and 'if'". 'Ah!' says the doctor, 'Conjunctivitis!'

[PseudoBadger]

Yes amici, I'm not denying that 'premise' exists as a word. However it does not mean one Pub, or one factory for example.

[RevoltingPeasant]

Coming late to this, but we just had to have pest control round (sodding previous owners' cat's fleas) and they left us a typed set of instructions, including

no hovering for at least a week

It cheered me up no end.

[Crikeyblimey]

Oh, I am trying to say amn't too :). I thought it was only dh and I who felt this way :). Let's start a "movement".

[RevoltingPeasant]

Ami- we used to be taught at school that technically "ain't I" was correct as it is a contraction of "am I not".

Not sure if true or not though.

[fuzzpig]

I found an "it's" instead of an "its" in a children's book yesterday. I was

[apostropheuse]

Someone on this thread used the non-word "definate". How can you do that? Do you just ignore the wee squiggly red line that tells you that there's a spelling mistake there?

It's definitely definite. Honestly.

[TolliverGroat]

On most browsers you'll only have a squiggly red line if you've installed the right add-on.

[Pseudonym99]

In Tescoes once on their self-service till: "DOES NOT EXCEPT £50 NOTES".

[TheRealFellatio]

Definate windes me up no end. It's so common as well, even among otherwise good spellers. Same with loose/lose.

[TheRealFellatio]

haha - law of sod always applies on Pedant threads. I meant winds obviously.

[DarceyBissell]

On Radio 4 this morning ad guru Martin Sorrell said
'..appeal to people like you and I'.
Should be 'People like you and me'.
You hear it all the time. Basically if you can leave out the other person and it still makes sense, that's OK.
Wouldn't say '....people like I.'

[DarceyBissell]

...and what about the signs that say 'This door is alarmed'?
Or ' police were called to a theft from an insecure shed.'
And 'thank you for your recent inquiry'...
Need a lie-down and it's only 8am.

[TheRealFellatio]

Arf at 'this dorr is alarmed'. I've nver thought of it like that before. Next time i'll be tempted to take out a big fat marker pen and draw this on it.