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.”

Photo by Mike

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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.

Photo by Dury, via e-mail

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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!

Photo by Alan Jones, via e-mail

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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.

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”

I decided to promote Wordsplosion on Facebook and got some instant unintentional help.  Also: geography fail.

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• The sentence should start with a capital letter
• “its was” should be “It was”
• Both instances of “further” should be “farther” (as she is talking about physical distance)
• “egypt” should be capitalized
• “africa” should be capitalized
• “thats” should be “that’s”
• Egypt is a country within Africa, and is one of the easternmost countries in that continent (thus being farther away from North America than most other African countries)
• too many exclamation points

I sense your urgency!

Photo by drcorneilus @ Flickr

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• “ROSE FROM THE DEATH” should be “ROSE FROM THE DEAD”
• “HES COMING” should be “HE’S COMING”
• There should be a space after “SHORT,”
• “REPENT!!!” and “croos!!” should only have one exclamation point
• “He die for you in a croos” should be “He died for you on a cross”
• “Mount of olive church” should be “Mount of Olive Church”

Superscript, he can handle.  Everything else, not so much.

Photo by Editor B @ Flickr

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• “You has” should have “You have”
• “a secret person who like’s you” should be “a secret person who likes you” (or better: “a secret admirer”)
• “Find” has no reason to be capitalized in the middle of a sentence
• “who I’m am” should be “who I am”
• There should be no comma between “Your” and “lover”

Sorry Thank. I didn’t “realize” it was your “door.”

Photo by Paull Young @ Flickr

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• “Close” should not be quoted
• There should be no comma after “Close”
• “Thank’s” should be “Thanks”
• “Door” should not be capitalized