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This is just one example of the large number of rogue apostrophes currently littering the island of Gran Canaria, which Terry and I visited last month. These apostrophes were everywhere: on signs, on menus, on buildings... you name it. I've honestly never seen such widespread misuse of the poor old apostrophe in one place in my life. What happened to cause this sad state of affairs? We'll probably never know. What I CAN tell you, however, is that the bar/restaurant I took this photo in did a really nice lasagna...
If you like these (they do make me laugh), there's a great site called Engrish.com
Of course, this isn't too outstanding, as I correct first language English speakers on this all the time.
Posted by: Ellie | February 02, 2010 at 12:55 PM
This was a great laugh for a Thursday morning! Thanks for sharing and providing a picture.
You have a nice blog and I'll be coming back again.
Janis
http://freelancewriterroad.com
Posted by: Janis | April 29, 2010 at 02:14 PM
There are many countries that acceptably use the comma instead of the period in things like prices and dates. This isn't really an error.
Posted by: maya | June 10, 2010 at 06:47 PM
It's not a comma or a full stop that's missing, it's an apostrophe that's in the wrong place. There are many countries in the world where people don't know the difference, as your comment demonstrates, but that doesn't mean it's not an error.
Posted by: Amy | June 16, 2010 at 02:30 PM