Their, they’re and there. Your and you’re. It’s and its. Too and to.
These are some of the most common grammar mistakes we see today, and no matter how many annoying people on the web (me!) correct those grammar offenders, grammar offenses continue to happen on a regular basis. One grammar gaffe that seems to occur on a regular basis is the random quotation mark.
I get it, I get it, quotation marks are confusing, and grammarians everywhere have spent countless hours trying to figure just what in the heck our ancestors were thinking by even implementing such a dangerous tool into the grammar arsenal…not. Quotation marks are simple–like, really simple–to use. Quotation marks are used for a lot of reasons, all of which you can find at the Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab, but if you want to know what not to use quotation marks for, just check out these 30 signs posted by business owners (yes, I know, I’m embarrassed for them too).
1. Is he real? Is he imaginary? Is he a leprechaun? You’ll never know…
2. Okay Cootie Brown, but what are you really serving?
3. So, are the kids trying to tell him something?…
4. I don’t even want to know what that means.
5. This Fall, on Zombie Cops…
6. I’m going to say that I wouldn’t order tacos from this guy even if he served just good ole’ Fresh Tacos.
7. St. Francis is really sending us mixed messages here…
8. Be “safe” and have a “good” time!
9. Nothing about this is real. Nothing!
10. What is gender orientation anyway?
11. Because “Cold Carbohydrate Square” was taken
12. Ha ha ha, just kidding – it’s a TIGER!
13. Yep, nope.
14. Aw, they’re selling themselves short. That looks pretty authentic to me!
15. Next, they’re going to tell us that their drinks are made with “Real Fruit.” The lies!
16. Please excuse the store, it seems to be going through an existential crisis.
17. PETA, you’re up.
18. So many jokes…
19. I feel nauseated just reading this sign.
20. “Amazing Opportunity!”
21. I’m getting mixed messages here. What are people supposed to actually do?
22. What kind of emergencies are we talking about here, accounting?
23. “Our Foods are Just OK!”
24. Again, not quite sure that the instructions want of people.
25. Just kidding, there’s only 10 items!
26. When the crab shack down the street has better crabs than you and you don’t feel wholly comfortably lying…
27. Because at this restaurant, there’s always a party!
28. Is it glutton free, is it not? There’s only one way to find out…(just make sure you have your “emergency” contact on speed dial).
29. Someone was really mad at her husband that day.
30. Hmm, so it’s one of those “massages.”
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