Eats, Shoots and Leaves

Published on May 11, 2005 By dharmagrl In Blogging

I'm reading 'Eats, Soots and Leaves', the book about punctuation misuse and abuse ( I got it at the thrift store for a dime which makes me incredibly happy, but that's a whole other blog).

The book mentions an 'Apostrophe Protection Society'. At first I thought it was a joke, but I went and Googled it...and it's a real organization! Link

The above link is to the 'examples' page.....it's full of pictures of signs that people have put on display that are full of punctuation abuse and grammatical errors. It's funny, but cringe-inducing...we all make mistakes from time to time, but some of the examples lead me to wonder if some people have any idea at all what the apostrophe is for and how the comma and apostrophe are NOT interchangeable.

Citahellion would adore it...

Comments (Page 2)

foreverserenity

on May 11, 2005

Better typing through modern chemistry?

It's like this Mason, if the keys are moving around you....then you either need to take medication to see straight or lower dosage since it's making you see double! Just a joke!

Dr Guy

on May 11, 2005

Well, how about this. Am I dyslexic when I look at someone directly and I can't for the life of me remember their name for a few minutes? I guess it just means I'm getting old!

Or that you dont want to?

MasonM

on May 11, 2005

Am I dyslexic when I look at someone directly and I can't for the life of me remember their name for a few minutes?

This is a condition similar to Alzheimers called Sometimers.

They say the memory is the first thing to go.

I forget what's second.

Spc Nobody Special

on May 11, 2005

When I was in Monterey, Ca. I found out that mispellings and grammar mistakes were illegal on public signs in Carmel. There was actually one business that was tied up in court for two years before they could put a sign out, because the It's in their name was ambiguous and could go either way..........

Oh yeah, they also made streetlights and mailboxes illegal. Weird, but very pretty place...........

drmiler

on May 11, 2005

Am I dyslexic when I look at someone directly and I can't for the life of me remember their name for a few minutes?

This is a condition similar to Alzheimers called Sometimers.

They say the memory is the first thing to go.

I forget what's second.

Like me, suffers from CRS (Can't Remember Shit) syndrome.

dynamaso

on May 11, 2005

Eats, Shoots and Leaves is a great book. I've read it a couple of times now. The other really good book along these lines is Death Sentance by Don Watson, which explores the decay of the English language in very funny but very real terms. I'm sure you would enjoy this one as well.

T is a card-carrying member of the Apostrophe Protection Society. She has seen press releases from well-respected media companies where the grammar and punctuation are no better than a primary school student. I think part of the problem is a lot of people are busy and rely too heavily on spell and grammar checkers, me included.

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