Wednesday, September 16, 2009

A: At 5 Months or on These Signs

Q: Where should you avoid contractions?




There's so much wrong with this billboard that I hesitate to stop at the grammar, but I will. I do have to ask, though: Did Texas officials consider following their state tourism endorsement with, "Now tell your husband to get hi's eyes back on the road"?  Because that contraction makes just as much sense.





I love this one: a classic case of forgetting what a contraction stands for.  There are so many reasons to have lettering more than eight inches tall looked over by a professional; this is one of them.


Apparently when Tampa hosted the Super Bowl, this sign went up to encourage football enthusiasts to explore the rest of Tampa. The mayor told the offenders to take it down or fix it.  They chose to simply remove the offending contraction and insert ellipses instead.  Works for me.


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