Wordsplosion!

It’s time to learn the rules for capital’s and apostrophe’s.

Photo by Mike

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• The capitalization is all over the place
• “Bulb’s” and “flower’s” should not have apostrophes

“I did not have spelling relations with that sign.”

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• “E.T.C.” should be “Etc.” It is short for “et cetera” — it isn’t an initialism.
• “Responsoble” should be spelled “Responsible”

Inspector Gadget doesn’t understand why people can’t operate his toilet.

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• “Have You Flushed with Success” needs a question mark at the end
• “Please Check the toilet is clean” is awkwardly worded. “Please Check that the toilet is clean” might be better.
• The capitalization throughout the sign is strange
• The second sign is a run-on sentence
• “please do this from here on” could imply that you should stand at the sign to flush, as suggested by the comment written at the bottom

All is forgiven if you tell me where you’re selling diesel fuel for under $2.00!

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• “Prices” should be “Price”
• There should be a period after “Broke”
• “Broke” doesn’t need to be capitalized
• “incovience” should be “inconvenience”

Everyone should have their own Benedict.

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• “Egg’s” and “Pancake’s” do not need an apostrophe
• Latte and Scrambled don’t need a period
• “CHocoLate” should have consistent capitalization
• “Crossants” should be “Croissants”
• “SURVEILANCE” should be “SURVEILLANCE”

Sort of like Starbucks?

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• “STore” should be “store”
• “Permanately” should be “permanently”
• “CLOSE” should be “CLOSED”

And with a name like that, neither will you!

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• “forgetted” should be “forgotten”
• “Be” shouldn’t be capitalized

The “fast food is garbage” meme may merit further consideration.

Photo by Mark Jaquith

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• “take-out” should be “take out” to avoid giving the impression that the trash they haul is repurposed as food
• There are multiple capitalization inconsistencies

Half a cent? Seems steep.

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• “.50¢” should either be “$0.50″ or “50¢”
• “and any order at less in $3.00″ should probably say “on any order less than $3.00″
• “all Debit or Credit Cards” could have been “for all Debit and Credit Cards”
• There is inconsistent capitalization throughout the sign

Obama: now with 50% less cotton.

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• The sentence lacks a verb
• The d in “BREEd” and the i in “MUSLiN” should be capitalized
• “MUSLiN” should say “MUSLIM”
• Barack Obama isn’t a Muslim