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 Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 1:02 pm
I was walking around the mall, and I realized that no one uses correct grammar. Maybe they do but not on signs. I saw one sign that said, "ATM Machine Available". There was another that said, "Relax. Your On Mokona Hatacation". The express check out said, "14 Items or Fewer."
On the plus side, I saw I shirt that said "I judge you when you use bad grammar".
So does anyone else want to take out a red pen when they go to the mall?
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:41 am
Ksenia Sergeevina I was walking around the mall, and I realized that no one uses correct grammar. Maybe they do but not on signs. I saw one sign that said "ATM Machince Available". There was another that said, "Relax. Your On Vaction". The express check out said "14 Items or Fewer." On the plus side, I saw I shirt that said "I judge you when you use bad grammar". So does anyone else want to take out a red pen when they go to the mall? ' Your On Vacation'?! gonk Anyway, you should've bought one of those shirts.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:38 pm
I would have, but I didn't have enough money.
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:16 am
Ick. My favorite? Some-or-other celebrity - Paris Hilton, maybe? - out in public advertising a new line of some miscellaneous thing by wearing a shirt reading "That's Hot. Your Not."
These are our children's role models. -dies-
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:05 am
If your kid's role model is Paris Hilton, you have better problems then grammar. @_@
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:24 am
It is sad to see bad grammar being adopted into daily speech and life. However I believe it is done as an economy of letters. If you were to read a newspaper headline, or for that matter the article that goes with it, you'll find that they are rarely grammatically correct. They say things in the least number of letters and symbols they can to conserve space. Signs are probably made the same way: intended to conserve the amount of material, paint, and work needed to get a message across to the general populous. In the case of “you're” vs. “your” it means an additional letter and punctuation mark which takes the sign space of a letter. That filters out to additional wall space, sign material, and paint which manufacturers aren’t willing to pay on the grounds of appealing to the minority grammarian society.
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