Wordsplosion!

Everyone should have their own Benedict.

Photo by Dylan O'Connell, via e-mail

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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?

Photo by srslyguys @ Flickr

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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!

Photo by carolyn.will @ Flickr

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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.

Photo by Tiffany Klein, via e-mail

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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.

Photo by Fergus Gallagher, via e-mail

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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

Does this motel really have a bowl of sedatives in the front office?

Photo by Billy Davis, via e-mail

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• “fury” should say “furry”
• The construction of “and why not a treat for yourself” is awkward
• “and why not a treat for yourself.” should end with a question mark
• The capitalization of “Great Day” is arbitrary

I’m eN’visioning a community college dropout. Odds of witnessing a drug deal during a haircut: moderate to severe.

Photo by Ben Turner via e-mail

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• It is strange that the N is capitalized but the beginning E is not
• The apostrophe does not belong

Answer: I’m on my way to the Verizon store.

Photo by Sarah Jaquith

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• “At” shouldn’t be capitalized
• “Where you at?” lacks a verb
• “Where you at?” has a hanging preposition
• Better: “Where are you?”
• The quotes are okay in this instance, as “Where you at?” is their registered trademark
• It also could be read as having been spoken by the model in the photo

Where Navy pies go after court-martial.

Photo by Sarah Jaquith

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• “Blueberry Pie” shouldn’t be capitalized in this context
• “frig” should be spelled “fridge”