Learn Your Damn Homophones

Carruthers · 01-05-2010, 12:57 PM

Variations on apostrophe catastrophes............

There was a road sign not too far from here giving directions to 'St. Mary,s Church & Centre'.

Also, a local company had its entire fleet of vans emblazoned 'Robinson,s'*. The proprietor was a deeply unpleasant man and deserved the ridicule. Having said that, most people probably thought it was grammatically correct.

E & OE

Carruthers

PS * The name has been changed to protect the guilty.

01-05-2010, 12:57 PM	#1
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Variations on apostrophe catastrophes............ There was a road sign not too far from here giving directions to 'St. Mary,s Church & Centre'. Also, a local company had its entire fleet of vans emblazoned 'Robinson,s'. The proprietor was a deeply unpleasant man and deserved the ridicule. Having said that, most people probably thought it was grammatically correct. E & OE Carruthers PS The name has been changed to protect the guilty.

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