to quietly correct this?

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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.

I have a Parent’s Noticeboard in my children’s school. I have to fight the urge to get tippex and sharpies out.

I wouldn’t say anything, and I’m really fussy about SPAG. Or spaghetti as my IPad would have me write.

If people closer to her won’t point it out, then it shouldn’t be down to a casual friend. It sounds like her grammar is going to reveal itself anyway in the course of things.

I’m disheartened at the standard of people’s reading and writing skills but it’s how things are going. If I read “Bare with me” one more time…

Should it not be Parents’ noticeboard (if it applies to more than one parent)?

I would want to be told if something was incorrect on my business stuff, though I do appreciate not everyone likes mistakes being pointed out. In the long term though, I think it would help to portray her business in a better light if it was correct, so definitely tell her.

The business is producing personalised things like balloons, invites etc so it does matter if SPAG isn’t your strong point.

You have had some great shit sandwich suggestions, which you could use.

Although I did laugh at the PP who said "Fuck it" when you posted that she had other SPaG errors in her Facebook.

One of my kids had an online business and is dyslexic, they always get someone to check their posts.

I too ignore SPaG errors on tradespeople's posts but if it was accountant or suchlike would not be as forgiving. Which is interesting and I need to reflect why!

OMG absolutely tell her then!!!

If you don’t want to be the one to point it out then PM me a link to her Facebook page or website and I will message her as a potential customer with concerns about all the spelling errors if it’s actually relevant to the business.
It won’t matter how offended she is by my message as I don’t know her and not actually a customer! But I’ll do it very breezy and nicely.

Definitely tell her (ASAP) but in an informal non serious way. Image if it was the other way around. You would be grateful for someone pointing it out, I certainly would!

Yes, tell her (diplomatically). You'd be doing her a favour. If she chooses not to listen, at least you'd have tried.

It does kind of matter if an accountant doesn't spot if a dot is on the wrong place though. 😬
Though depending which way the error went on their invoices... 🤔😁

Printer's made a misteak

Oops!

(Admittedly steak is lovely in panini's though...)

Does she have contact details on her business pages? I'd set up an anonymous email and let her know that way. As a customer for example.

I think my parents and husband are the only people I'd feel comfortable correcting in this situation

If I was her I would really appreciate you telling me in a polite and non-judgemental way. My grammar isn't great, some people can be very nasty and rude (not directly to me but on social media) about poor grammar. The kindest thing would be for you to tell her as a friend rather than it being pointed out in the future in a way that humiliates her.

Given the nature of the business and your friendship, I would point it out kindly - in a way that allows her to 'blame' someone else - as others have suggested.

If you can face it, I'd then say something like - probably worth checking through all yoru promo stuff like Facebook etc for errors too. But the actual name of the business is the main thing - she CAN'T have a rogue apostrophe in it.

I cannot lie. It would put me off completely. I'd immediately think 'unprofessional' .

In a nearby town there's a Barber shop called Cushty Cut's . I doubt they've been told as it's been around a few years !

Good old grocers' apostrophe! The Turkish greengrocers near me have some fantastic stabs in the dark on their fruit and veg labels. I especially enjoy buying Qukembar's.

I would have to. I’m a teacher so would say something like ‘sorry, this is the English teacher in me and maybe I’m being pedantic (you’re not, it’s basic grammar) but…..’
Depending on the response I might then offer to proofread some stuff as she was setting up if it’s not her strong point.
I hate the been/being; your/you’re stuff on social media. Honestly I do judge people on it (which I know says a lot more about me than it does about them).

I just googled and I found one called 'Happy Face's Aloud'

🙄

The thing is if it’s personalised stuff, people will want her to notice if they have made an autocorrect error for example. So it does matter

Because nobody cares about split infinitives. They’re quite the norm these days. Language evolves. That’s part of the fun.

I was on dating apps last year and if anyone sent me a message with your instead of your’re, it would be an instant unmatch 😂. I cannot stand it!

your’re?

Typos are very easy to make. ;)