http://www.wrongwrite.com Fun with grammar and spelling! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:36:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, so this isn't strictly a grammar issue... but it is do with companies sending out errors. How does a shaped jar fit through whatever conveyor belt system they've got in their factory - and come out with a label stuck on perfectly well, but upside down?! http://www.wrongwrite.com/2008/07/robot-malfunction/ Oh my goodness! How can no one who works in this pub have noticed the lack of an apostrophe here?! Shocking! Not to mention the tagged-on, lower case '-up'... http://www.wrongwrite.com/2008/06/apostrophe-alert/ I don't mean to pick on Tesco, but they've got to be more careful with their typography! Although, I guess this price reduction blunder didn't do anyone any harm. But just imagine if they left a digit off of a new price, rather than adding one to the old price! ... http://www.wrongwrite.com/2008/06/cheap-meat-or-should-that-be-previously-very-expensive-meat/ This shop in Bristol has unfortunately had a few of these signs made. They've got them on the shop, on the pavement... far too many places! http://www.wrongwrite.com/2008/06/i-before-e-e-instead-of-i/ Whatever you do - don't let your post take flight around Bristol! http://www.wrongwrite.com/2008/06/mysterious-flying-posters/ Thanks again to Thom who found this interesting little 'statement' in Northern Virginia. Anyone else wondering what's so special about the place?! Guess if you need a shop... you'd better get in there quick! The sign on this small shop says: "There is no place like this place anywhere near this place so this must be THE ... http://www.wrongwrite.com/2008/05/this-is-the-place/ As found in the men's toilet of a Turkish Restaurant... plus a nice little typo there too. http://www.wrongwrite.com/2008/05/another-capital-letter-for-every-word-post/ Thanks to Thom for this photo - classic waste of tax payers money no doubt. "What purpose does this really serve? Do we need a sign to notify me the sidewalk has ended? Why not signs at the top of every staircase indicating, "Stairs begin"? Or "Approaching Door", near the entrance ... http://www.wrongwrite.com/2008/04/is-this-really-necessary/ Unfortunately this photo didn't come out as well as I'd hoped it would - it was taken whilst queuing to cross the Clifton Suspension Bridge, where I saw it stuck in the back window of the car infront. We did feel a bit uncomfortable - Tom creeping the car up ... http://www.wrongwrite.com/2008/03/excuse-the-toilet-humour-but/ Thanks to Thom for sending this one over - "Th[is] photo may not quite fit into one of your normal submission genres. However, I laugh out loud every time I pass this small motel in New Jersey. What is an "Air Conditioned TV"? Why do you need one?" It ... http://www.wrongwrite.com/2008/03/whats-an-air-conditioned-tv/