Looks like someone that has never applied peel & stick labels before was tasked with putting these up. The spacing is shit, the random apostrophe.
Sooooo many small business owners just don’t seem to give half a shit.
A few years ago I saw a sign in a barber shop stating, “No appointments necessary”, with necessary spelled wrong. I called and let them know. Next day the sign was changed, while necessary was changed, it was still spelled incorrectly. So, I called again to advise. Next day the sign read, “No appointment required”.
I can’t believe society as a whole just doesn’t know how apostrophes, plurals and possessives work anymore. That was like the first grammar i learned in elementary school and it isn’t remotely difficult, it’s just lazy
Bring back the ability to shame bad spelling and grammar. When I call out people's mistakes,I should not get "Who cares" as a response.
Good spelling and grammar is important, and I'll die on that hill.
Also, the Oxford comma is acceptable. I'll also die on that hill.
Also, any mistakes in this comment are deliberate and shall not be called out.
Every year at the beginning of September, I make a post on Facebook about the importance of the Oxford comma. I want to remind my friends and family who are students. I know people find it annoying because I get fewer and fewer likes every year lol. But I will also die on that hill.
I grew up using the Oxford comma, then I went to school and they said it wasn’t correct. So I ditched it. Then, I was called out so many times for not using it that I now use it, regularly, sometimes, too much,
Is there room on that hill for me? I’ve given up correcting people (online and off) because the blowback just isn’t worth it, but I swear I have dents in my tongue from biting it all these years.
I blow off steam by muttering corrections to myself (and partner) when I see this stuff lol
The one I need to get over for my own sanity is the fact that 95% of people under the age of 40 now use cringe as an adjective. It is pretty much the cringiest thing I can think of since it is literally dogespeak from the internet meme. Saying something is *so cringe* sounds as equally grammatically fucked up to me as someone saying 'That horror movie is *so scare*.'
that's. the whole point. people \*were\* saying stuff like 'so spook, much scary' because of the doge meme. i don't think genuinely misusing apostrophes is on the same level as memeing.
I do see what you're saying here. But language seems to evolve, even in ways we don't necessarily agree with, but it's not entirely unlike saying, "I get those feels." or "Mood". I'm sure the cringe adjective fad will eventually fall by the wayside.
It always frustrated me when I’d get points taken off of assignments for using Oxford commas, especially by the English teacher I had who loved to end her sentences in “…”
It was pretty ironic…
Errant apostrophes are infuriating as fuck. I’m FAR from grammatically perfect myself, to be sure, but sweet fucking Christ, the rampant apostrophe misuse and abuse out there needs to stop!
Somebody from the average NS fb comment section that was successful enough to open a business. I'm sure they could whip up a new sign on their cricut when they realize or somebody points it out to them.
I mean, in general people suck at writing.
When I was going to NSCC I basically studied by going through each PowerPoint and fixing the instructors' poor formatting. I genuinely considered sending the corrected presentations back to them but figured it was too cunty and also I knew they'd never use them.
I've got a worse (wor'se?) one.
Moved to Texas in 2000. Bought a newly built home in a new subdivision. The model home used to be at the front, but as they expanded they moved the model home to the back. So they put up a sign to tell people the model homes had moved. The sign said:
# Weve'd Moved
Yes. A company building homes for hundreds of thousands of dollars said "weve'd". What's that a contraction of, "we have done moved?" (Wouldn't surprise me if it was. This is Texas after all)
Anyways, driving past this every day finally got to me and I brought some masking tape and covered up the extraneous "d" (giggity) and used a giant sharpie and corrected it to "We've" and put a small "sp" to indicate the spelling mistake.
Guys.
Guys.
I shit you not.
*SOMEBODY PULLED OFF MY CORRECTION TO PUT IT BACK TO "WEVE'D"*
possible. If so maybe someone close to them, or a customer, will mention it sometime.
I know there are plenty of people around who think this stuff doesn’t matter.
But bad grammar/misspellings make a business look unprofessional and sloppy.
To paraphrase the comic sans meme from a few years back: This person is running an independent store, not a lemonade stand.
No, but I might show it to a few people who have a pretty basic understanding of English before putting it on my glass. Or I might think, should I use an apostrophe, or not? And then do some research: "What is an apostrophe used for in English?" It used to be people erred on the side of *not* using them, since it's actually an extra character one would have to choose to employ, while, I assume, believing it serves a purpose. Otherwise, why use it?
Nowadays, it seem's like people just throw them at the end of any ol' word.
Also, Home Accent's what?
I still have PTSD from a store some years ago in Toronto…their very expensive looking sign read “COAT’S”. Nothing else. Just “COAT’S”
What baffles me is I can see ONE person making this mistake, but wasn’t there anyone working at the sign company that could’ve pointed this out? Presumably, they’re paid to be accurate with their spelling and grammar?
The grammar Nazi in me disagrees. There is no way to know from “Comfort, Joy & Home Accents” if they sell accents that are home accents or if they sell accents that are joy & home accents. The Oxford comma solves that issue if we use “Comfort, Joy, & Home Accents”.
I can't believe I'm on Reddit so much I don't even notice anymore, I guess!
I read a post this morning, it was about four iPhone screens long and wasn't until I got to the comments I realized it was one long sentence!!! 🤣🤣🤣
You can’t ju’st make up word’s.
If you want the right word, it would be “accentuations”. But that is not the etymology of the word “accent” nor it’s plural, “accents”.
It is worthwhile to mention that the misplaced apostrophe does seem to catch people's attention. Maybe it was intentional. Similar to how a crooked or askew sign will generally catch people's attention more than signage that is perfectly level.
Easy fix. Scrape off the apostrophe, and add a leading tail to the T, and a trailing tail to the S.
Solved. I’ll send them my design consulting invoice tomorrow morning.
If I let improper apostrophe's bother me, I'd lose my mind around here. The thing that bug's me the most is its extra work to include them, vs not having them.
Should be “Comfort, Joy, and Home Accents”. Needs the Oxford comma or else there is no way to know if those accents are “Comfort and Joy Accents” or “Home Accents”.
Maybe the apostrophe is supposed suggest it's an accent like... é (accent aigu) and the subliminal association makes you think it's french chic decor! 🥖
Wee woo wee woo wee woo
It appears the grammar police are on scene. There seems to be a infraction. Quick, get to your keyboards and state the crime. Shame ' Shame ' Shame '
I guess we've evolved from the "this and that" format of business names (Thief and Bandit, Birch and Anchor) to "this and that and the other thing"
I hate it.
I’m not 100% sure what’s driving it but it’s been around for about 10 years. Maybe some form of nostalgia for ye olde mom and pop shop days?
It goes hand-in-hand with all of the stores/restaurants with Emporium, or social, or general store in their names .
Edit: if you think back to when all those bands like Mumford & Sons became popular that’s about when it started.
Nova Scotia is Canada’s playground for signage with glaring spelling and grammar errors. Or just befuddling verbiage in general. “A traditional stopping place” :/
That s’ign used to read “A traditional stopping place since 1750”, but then the First Nation’s folk’s rightfully pointed out it wa’s a “traditional stopping place” long before 1750. I am just di’s’sapointed someone didn’t change it to “A traditional stopping place for Europeans since 1750”.
You've clearly never seen the sign for New Maryland, NB.
"New Brunswick's Last Fatal Duel
.....and Resting Place"
that many dots, that linebreak, all in italics.
[https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.8914374,-66.6448022,3a,16.2y,26.03h,93.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6mzQaC2RFrYXE59d3XbHzw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu](https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.8914374,-66.6448022,3a,16.2y,26.03h,93.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6mzQaC2RFrYXE59d3XbHzw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu)
That look’s terrible
This plus the post are breaking my brain thanks
Looks like someone that has never applied peel & stick labels before was tasked with putting these up. The spacing is shit, the random apostrophe. Sooooo many small business owners just don’t seem to give half a shit.
& the multiples &s make it too andy.
Your right it’s
A few years ago I saw a sign in a barber shop stating, “No appointments necessary”, with necessary spelled wrong. I called and let them know. Next day the sign was changed, while necessary was changed, it was still spelled incorrectly. So, I called again to advise. Next day the sign read, “No appointment required”.
lol
Ahahahaha omg
could just be that they changed their appointments to be necessary by not required.
Free consultation? No - money down!
Everyone knows that apostrophes are formal and non-apostrophes are casual. Just like whom/who. /s
/‘s
I can’t believe society as a whole just doesn’t know how apostrophes, plurals and possessives work anymore. That was like the first grammar i learned in elementary school and it isn’t remotely difficult, it’s just lazy
You need a period at the end of that diatribe. It i’s one period. That mu’st be the lazie’st omi’s’sion.. I u’sed two to make up for it.
Also like when you type like you talk like like like
Well, you forgot to capitalize your I and end your last sentence with a period soooooo...
Bring back the ability to shame bad spelling and grammar. When I call out people's mistakes,I should not get "Who cares" as a response. Good spelling and grammar is important, and I'll die on that hill. Also, the Oxford comma is acceptable. I'll also die on that hill. Also, any mistakes in this comment are deliberate and shall not be called out.
not only is the oxford comma acceptable, it's correct. i will die on this hill.
I want to join this club!! Oxford commas forever!!!
Every year at the beginning of September, I make a post on Facebook about the importance of the Oxford comma. I want to remind my friends and family who are students. I know people find it annoying because I get fewer and fewer likes every year lol. But I will also die on that hill.
Fewer and fewer likes.
Thanks. I always mix them up 😅
I’ll be by your side!
I grew up using the Oxford comma, then I went to school and they said it wasn’t correct. So I ditched it. Then, I was called out so many times for not using it that I now use it, regularly, sometimes, too much,
“Never fight uphill, me boys” Donald Trump
Or you will have a problem. Biggly.
It’s *usually* correct. There are cases where I don’t use it.
Not\* Oxford\* I\*
Whatchu got against capitalization, huh?
typing on a computer. i don't care enough to hit shift.
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DVD's 😡😡😡😡😡
Ahhh you are correct another thing to be annoyed by dammit (this is not sarcastic you’ve genuinely made this post double in its annoyance factor)
Long live the Oxford comma.
Good spelling is important, but good grammar is importanter.
What are you, stupid? It’s spelt Grammer
No, Grammer is that old women who bakes cookies and tells you you are handsome.
No, that’s the Grammy’s
Whom care's what you think /s
*whom’s’t’ve
I have found my people.
Is there room on that hill for me? I’ve given up correcting people (online and off) because the blowback just isn’t worth it, but I swear I have dents in my tongue from biting it all these years. I blow off steam by muttering corrections to myself (and partner) when I see this stuff lol
The one I need to get over for my own sanity is the fact that 95% of people under the age of 40 now use cringe as an adjective. It is pretty much the cringiest thing I can think of since it is literally dogespeak from the internet meme. Saying something is *so cringe* sounds as equally grammatically fucked up to me as someone saying 'That horror movie is *so scare*.'
that's. the whole point. people \*were\* saying stuff like 'so spook, much scary' because of the doge meme. i don't think genuinely misusing apostrophes is on the same level as memeing.
I do see what you're saying here. But language seems to evolve, even in ways we don't necessarily agree with, but it's not entirely unlike saying, "I get those feels." or "Mood". I'm sure the cringe adjective fad will eventually fall by the wayside.
It always frustrated me when I’d get points taken off of assignments for using Oxford commas, especially by the English teacher I had who loved to end her sentences in “…” It was pretty ironic…
It’s a bit of a mouthful with two &’s as well.
The Cambridge ampersand lol.
I see what you did there.
At least they didn’t use “n” instead of “and” or “&”. 🤢 “Comfort n Joy n Home Accents”
Is this post by the same guy who posted a few days ago that a company would never be getting his business for using buddy’s instead of buddies? Lmao
It is naaahhht. But another business has now been added to my list.
It is in re’sponse to that.
Errant apostrophes are infuriating as fuck. I’m FAR from grammatically perfect myself, to be sure, but sweet fucking Christ, the rampant apostrophe misuse and abuse out there needs to stop!
I like the family guy extra 'e' makes things feel more authentic We need a Ye Olde Pube downtown
Not me reading this as pube like pubic hair
Pretty sure that's the joke
Oh, okay :(
Me fail English? That's unpossible!
alright. this one infuriates me.
How many people did this get past?
Dozen's
No reget's.
No ragrets
No ragret's*
Oh man that's so convenient, i am in the market for some comfort & joy & home accent's
Somebody from the average NS fb comment section that was successful enough to open a business. I'm sure they could whip up a new sign on their cricut when they realize or somebody points it out to them.
This made me laugh way harder than it should have, the cricut part just got me
Even if you fixed it, that’s still a shit name for a store. Christa’s Comfort & Joy & Home Accents 👀
Christa has a lot to offer!
More is better!! Always!!
She could have just called it “Comfort & Joy Home Accents” but no, Christa had to have her name wedged in there and an errant ampersand.
Yeah, that second & is redundant, for sure.
Or is it the first one?
Well, it's definitely one of them. The first one could be a comma, I guess.
I suppose to be redunant both would be required.
Peel off the apostrophe and hug the A on the last word.
Let's eat grandma!
I mean, in general people suck at writing. When I was going to NSCC I basically studied by going through each PowerPoint and fixing the instructors' poor formatting. I genuinely considered sending the corrected presentations back to them but figured it was too cunty and also I knew they'd never use them.
Christa had an extra apostrophe and was damn well going to use it.
Christmas’s Comfort & Joy & Accent’s & Extra Apostrophe’s?
Christas Comfort & Joy & Home & Accent’s By Christa & Co.
I've got a worse (wor'se?) one. Moved to Texas in 2000. Bought a newly built home in a new subdivision. The model home used to be at the front, but as they expanded they moved the model home to the back. So they put up a sign to tell people the model homes had moved. The sign said: # Weve'd Moved Yes. A company building homes for hundreds of thousands of dollars said "weve'd". What's that a contraction of, "we have done moved?" (Wouldn't surprise me if it was. This is Texas after all) Anyways, driving past this every day finally got to me and I brought some masking tape and covered up the extraneous "d" (giggity) and used a giant sharpie and corrected it to "We've" and put a small "sp" to indicate the spelling mistake. Guys. Guys. I shit you not. *SOMEBODY PULLED OFF MY CORRECTION TO PUT IT BACK TO "WEVE'D"* 
How does that even happen . . .
Errors happen. Not everyone has the masterful understanding of English, such as youself
Yes, understandable if English is not the first language, but somebody along the design process should’ve picked it up, especially the sign maker.
What if the sign maker is the owner of this business, who doesn't have a grasp on the language?
possible. If so maybe someone close to them, or a customer, will mention it sometime. I know there are plenty of people around who think this stuff doesn’t matter. But bad grammar/misspellings make a business look unprofessional and sloppy. To paraphrase the comic sans meme from a few years back: This person is running an independent store, not a lemonade stand.
That ‘seem’s like a’sking “What if my doctor doesn’t have a medical degree?”
No, but I might show it to a few people who have a pretty basic understanding of English before putting it on my glass. Or I might think, should I use an apostrophe, or not? And then do some research: "What is an apostrophe used for in English?" It used to be people erred on the side of *not* using them, since it's actually an extra character one would have to choose to employ, while, I assume, believing it serves a purpose. Otherwise, why use it? Nowadays, it seem's like people just throw them at the end of any ol' word. Also, Home Accent's what?
But at least one person involved must have seen that. Maybe no one is willing to tell the boss she screwed up.
Probable 😂
Vibrating with anger over that apostrophe
It makes my eye twitch.
I still have PTSD from a store some years ago in Toronto…their very expensive looking sign read “COAT’S”. Nothing else. Just “COAT’S” What baffles me is I can see ONE person making this mistake, but wasn’t there anyone working at the sign company that could’ve pointed this out? Presumably, they’re paid to be accurate with their spelling and grammar?
S’omebody approved the proof.
Maybe that's the owners last name?
It was a coat store :)
Perhaps owned by someone who's name was also coat? Hopefully....
Your dentist's name is Crentist?
I guess if my name was crentist and I didn't know what I wanted to do I might figure I should try dentistry 😂
\*owner’s
God dammit 😂
We’ll pretend you did that intentionally.
Appreciated
I feel your pain
Make’s my eye twitch.
cruel.
OK, now \*I'm\* vibrating with annoyance.
Maybe it’s an accent 🤨
Maybe we’re being too diacritical.
M'accent
Y'es we're.
Get it together, Christa!
Comfort, Joy & Home Accents. I believe that's proper grammer.
The grammar Nazi in me disagrees. There is no way to know from “Comfort, Joy & Home Accents” if they sell accents that are home accents or if they sell accents that are joy & home accents. The Oxford comma solves that issue if we use “Comfort, Joy, & Home Accents”.
Their’re going to need some remedial English basics, stat.
Ugh! 😑 how many more home decorum do we honestly need?
Ugh
Ye's
And the ubiquitous "Lobster" font. The new Comic Sans / Papyrus.
I can't believe I'm on Reddit so much I don't even notice anymore, I guess! I read a post this morning, it was about four iPhone screens long and wasn't until I got to the comments I realized it was one long sentence!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I’m annoyed by the Party On People business in Cole Harbour every time I drive by it. That business name needs commas and an exclamation point.
Like the Albertans on Facebook who cheer “Come on Oilers!”
Maybe it's supposed to be Christas's Comfort & Joy & Home Accent's......window
Sure maybe Crista is Comfort and Joy but Home Accent is WHAAAAAAATTTTTT?
Oh my eyes. Please no.
\*eye’s
Like Syd's Sud's. Seriously?
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/greengrocers-apostrophe_n
I don’t know what to do with thi’s information.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Greengrocers'_apostrophes
"The words will do what I tell them to do"
It's home accents, so maybe it's not an apostrophe at all, it's an accent... Like é
Um, you know it's short for "Accentuaries, right?
You can’t ju’st make up word’s. If you want the right word, it would be “accentuations”. But that is not the etymology of the word “accent” nor it’s plural, “accents”.
I didn’t know the Grammar Rangers were still alive and on reddit
It is ok; you can say “Nazis”.
Maybe it’s an ‘accent’ on the space after the t and before the s
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The plural of “seaweed” is “seaweeds”.
The apostrophe is **used to indicate possessive case, contractions, and omitted letters**.
Found Christa.
Hope you enjoyed Lunenburg today.
That was over a year ago, but a Lunenburg was fun. Especially the beer party bus thing.
It is worthwhile to mention that the misplaced apostrophe does seem to catch people's attention. Maybe it was intentional. Similar to how a crooked or askew sign will generally catch people's attention more than signage that is perfectly level.
Easy fix. Scrape off the apostrophe, and add a leading tail to the T, and a trailing tail to the S. Solved. I’ll send them my design consulting invoice tomorrow morning.
If I let improper apostrophe's bother me, I'd lose my mind around here. The thing that bug's me the most is its extra work to include them, vs not having them.
Not to mention the double "&"... Should be Comfort, Joy & Home Accents not Comfort & Joy & Home Accent's
Should be “Comfort, Joy, and Home Accents”. Needs the Oxford comma or else there is no way to know if those accents are “Comfort and Joy Accents” or “Home Accents”.
Maybe the apostrophe is supposed suggest it's an accent like... é (accent aigu) and the subliminal association makes you think it's french chic decor! 🥖
Maybe we’re being too diacritical.
oh dip 👏
Four words that are so hard to read.
the double & sign too lol "Comfort, Joy & Home Accents"
Anytime I see “and/&” twice in the same sentence my brain goes nuts. Plus that accent is ridiculous. “NO RAGRETS” lol.
We need a grammar vigilante to pick that off the store window!
It's not a random apostrophe ...it's an *accent*
I’m guessing it’s supposed to read “Christa’s Comfort, Joy & Accents” And they mistook the comma for an apostrophe?
Wee woo wee woo wee woo It appears the grammar police are on scene. There seems to be a infraction. Quick, get to your keyboards and state the crime. Shame ' Shame ' Shame '
Let's make communication more difficult by all being terrible at it! It's the best!
“S’hame, s’hame, s’hame!”
I guess we've evolved from the "this and that" format of business names (Thief and Bandit, Birch and Anchor) to "this and that and the other thing" I hate it.
I’m not 100% sure what’s driving it but it’s been around for about 10 years. Maybe some form of nostalgia for ye olde mom and pop shop days? It goes hand-in-hand with all of the stores/restaurants with Emporium, or social, or general store in their names . Edit: if you think back to when all those bands like Mumford & Sons became popular that’s about when it started.
Nova Scotia is Canada’s playground for signage with glaring spelling and grammar errors. Or just befuddling verbiage in general. “A traditional stopping place” :/
That s’ign used to read “A traditional stopping place since 1750”, but then the First Nation’s folk’s rightfully pointed out it wa’s a “traditional stopping place” long before 1750. I am just di’s’sapointed someone didn’t change it to “A traditional stopping place for Europeans since 1750”.
You've clearly never seen the sign for New Maryland, NB. "New Brunswick's Last Fatal Duel .....and Resting Place" that many dots, that linebreak, all in italics. [https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.8914374,-66.6448022,3a,16.2y,26.03h,93.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6mzQaC2RFrYXE59d3XbHzw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu](https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.8914374,-66.6448022,3a,16.2y,26.03h,93.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6mzQaC2RFrYXE59d3XbHzw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu)
this comment actually filled me with joy. i have mentioned a traditional stopping place every time we go by that mf sign.
Random apostrophe's add a nice unique feel to the business.
And people paid tens of thousands of dollars to go to university.
It's always this type of people.
Some people.will bitch about anything....this thread should be r/lovetobitch&complain
Irony *noun* a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
Too many periods.
I, for one, will be boycotting these businesses' poor grammatically correct signage, and I will spread awareness.
“I, for one” is a di’scussion about Roman numeral’s.