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I corrected another sign

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DappledThings · 21/06/2018 22:31

I went to my new GP. They had a sign in reception saying that "some criteria's of people are exempt from prescription charges".

Even with the 's removed it's still a horrible sentence but less obviously painful!

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S0upertrooper · 21/06/2018 22:53

Well done. Congratulation's!

Imfinehowareyou · 21/06/2018 23:00

Thank's for doing that

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DappledThings · 22/06/2018 07:56

Your all too nice

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DadDadDad · 22/06/2018 11:40

But criteria is the plural of criterion and as you say the whole sentence is mangled.

Are they trying to say: "Some categories of people are exempt from prescription charges"? or "People who meet certain criteria are exempt from prescription charges"?

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DappledThings · 22/06/2018 13:44

Both of those sentences would convey what they were trying to say, yes.

I'm not sure what annoyed me more, the attempt to pluralise a plural or the belief that to pluralise requires an apostrophe.

I'm going back a week today. Will see if it's been changed

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DadDadDad · 22/06/2018 15:02

I'll wait for your post in a week's time along the lines of...

The GP has diagnosed a case of acute pedantry and prescribed a course of apostrophes to be taken after meal's

EdgeOf17 · 22/06/2018 15:05

Erm OP, it's you're not your

People in glass houses and all that

MrsXx4 · 22/06/2018 15:08

hahahahahaaaa!!! @EdgeOf17

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 22/06/2018 15:12

It is The LAW that all pedants must subsequently make an error in their post!

dundermiflin · 22/06/2018 15:17

I thought the op was taking the piss with the 'your' thing.

SharpieHorder · 22/06/2018 15:40

Are the doors alarmed at that surgery?

slovenlys · 22/06/2018 16:22

The your was defiantly done on porpoise

DadDadDad · 22/06/2018 16:24

I thought it was obvious that OP was deliberately using "your" rather than "you're" in humorous response to the two previous posts that obviously jokingly misused apostrophes. (In my case, I put a after "meal's" earlier, just to prove I was joking).

ErrolTheDragon · 22/06/2018 16:31

It is The LAW that all pedants must subsequently make an error in their post!

Muphry's Law does often strike pedants, it's true.

dudsville · 22/06/2018 16:48

They're were several spoof typo posts.

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DappledThings · 22/06/2018 17:09

Just to confirm "your" was definitely a joke as most have identified.

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glitterbiscuits · 22/06/2018 17:19

As were all the apostrophe's.

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DappledThings · 22/06/2018 17:24

Everyone should of realised everyone on this thread was being very pacific about there choices

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DappledThings · 11/07/2018 23:05

They reprinted the sign and we have "criteria's" again.

I corrected it again.

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thricethebrindledcat · 12/07/2018 12:07

Did they still miss out the apostrophe on charges?

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