And what is a funeral planner anyway? Doesn’t the funeral director do that?

[I think it's the person your spouse hires to kill you. Also: only one person is coming to your funeral?— Editor]

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• “UROLOGY” should be “EULOGY”
• “GUEST” should probably be “GUESTS” unless only one person is attending the funeral
• “LOOSING” should be “LOSING”

Because we want you to use the door all the way over there…

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• “close” should be “closed”

What’s behind the branch? Surely more mistakes lurk there…

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• Period after the “P” in “P.S.” but not after the “S”
• Triple exclamation mark
• “ABSOLUTLY” should be “ABSOLUTELY”

This sign ain’t workin’ very well, either.

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This party sounds sketchy. Especially if it only has soup and salad.

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• “for a big party” should not be in quotes
• “inconvinience” should be “inconvenience”

That’s certainly how I pronounce it.

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• “Friyday” should be “Friday”
• Why is “Cutlet” in scare quotes?

You might want to check your spelling, mate. You’ve made a rookie mistake. Yeah, I’m talking to you!

Please excuse my terrible pawns. Especially that one. It’s been a long knight.

BISHOP and QUEEN! Sorry — I couldn’t find a way to mention those ones en passant.

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• “Enterence” should be “Entrance”

These are some of the most creative contractions I’ve ever seen.

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• “you’r” should be “your”
• “they’ll” should be “there’ll”
• If “Roache” isn’t a proper noun, and refers to the insect, it should be spelled “Roach”

Kerning is your friend.

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• tournaments has the “rn” so close together it looks like “toumaments”
• “upcomming” should only have one “m”

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

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

It’s pronounced with the accent on the second syllable.

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• “STYELS” should be “STYLES”

Mac (submitter) noticed three things wrong with the image. I only see the one. Ideas?

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• “upon” should be “open”

This sign, however, is not kosher.

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• “Avaliable” should be “Available”
• “ø” should just be a slash

“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”

Nice find by Mike.

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• “STATIONARY” should be spelled “STATIONERY”

This sign assisits people with dyslexia.

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• “ASSISITNG” should be “ASSISTING”

Attempts to get the Hand Dryers Union to join the work strike were unsuccessful.

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• “dont work” should be “doesn’t work”
• The capitalization used here is very… creative

Didn’t management write this memo?

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• Using two exclamation points is questionable. Using five is unforgivable.
• “TROW” should be “THROW”
• Presumably “ON” should be “IN”
• Why does management need to be targeted by framed sign? Are they really the worst offenders?

But there we meow?

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• “Here” should be “Hear”

Saw this one at Disney World in the “Swiss Family Treehouse.”

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• Should be “SHIP’S LOG”

I don’t think it’s as fancy as it sounds.

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• “GAREGE” should be “GARAGE”

Color-by-number tiger girl is really freaking me out.

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• “Kid’s” should be “Kids”

Ask about our bulk discounts!

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• “Unique One of a Kind” is redundant

“And I’d know…”

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• “TOMATOE” should be “TOMATO”

What’s really sad is that someone out there gets paid to add meaningless “digital” copy to products to make them sound fancier. And they’re failing at it.

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• “DIGITIAL” should be “DIGITAL”
• Actually, “DIGITIAL” should be dropped altogether. There’s no such thing as a digital antenna.

Five points off for a single errant character? Tough grader.

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• BOUNDERY should be “BOUNDARY”

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

We’re rebels. We don’t believe in warranties. “As is”—take it or leave it! Shopping with us is like playing the lottery. But uh… yes, as you can see we actually do have a warranty.

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• “IF IT DON’T WORK” should be “IF IT DOESN’T WORK”
• There seems to be a contradiction—it is being sold “as is” with no warranty, but the text that follows actually describes the terms of a warranty

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”