This week’s Not a Good Sign is again from Ryan and was taken at a bon dance in Wahiawa, Hawaii.
If you’ve got one to share, send it to me at scrivener @ this domain. Thanks, Ryan, and may you all have wonderful Weeke Nds!
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Comments: 0August 8th, 2009 by scrivener
Comments: 0August 1st, 2009 by scrivener
This week’s Not a Good Sign comes from the always sharp-eyed Crissy, who was in the habit of snapping these photos long before this little blog was ever conceived. She spotted it at the Market City Pet’s Discount (yes, that punctuation annoys me too, but there’s a chance it’s accurate, so I’m leaving it alone) in Honolulu.
Thanks, Crissy, and keep them coming! And may you all have a HUGE weekend!
Comments: 0July 25th, 2009 by scrivener
This week’s Not a Good Sign contribution is from Ryan and was taken next to the University Subway. That’s a dining establishment, not a transport depot.
Thanks, Ryan! Keep those photos coming, all you sharp-eyed, urban-commando linguists!
Comments: 0July 18th, 2009 by scrivener
You know, this really beats anything I’ve seen at Star Market. I am definitely making it a point to stop in at other supermarkets now that I have stumbled upon this.
Have a great weekend! And if you spot anything like this, please do send it my way!
Comments: 3July 11th, 2009 by scrivener
I was about to accuse Star Market of being the worst offender among Hawaii’s supermarkets, but then I remembered that it’s the one I frequent most, um, frequently, so maybe it just seems that way. Note to self: check out the other supermarkets!
Comments: 1July 4th, 2009 by scrivener
Saw this in the door at a hairdresser in Honolulu. Remember, please: ANYTIME is almost always incorrect. You can email me ANY TIME (two words) you get a little confused about this use!
Comments: 0June 27th, 2009 by scrivener
This weekend’s photo comes to us from one of those promotional event posters you see just about anywhere in Hawaii they’ll let you put one up (always a goldmine for DailyWritingTip.com material!). The problem here, as you can see, is that there is a bullet on every line, even though some of the items take up more than one line. The purpose of a bullet, I don’t have to tell you, is to distinguish one item in a list from the other items. When you have a bullet in front of every line of a multi-line item, you might as well not have any bullets at all, right?
This is probably not an error in not knowing what bullets are for, but in (a) not knowing how to use the bulleted-list tool in MS Word and (b) not caring enough to proofread and edit carefully.
As you probably know, when you’re using the bulleted-list tool in MS Word, you get a new bullet every time you hit the ENTER key. Multi-line items don’t usually present problems because of Word’s other useful pre-programmed functions, such as word-wrapping and margin-setting. However, in those times when a forced linebreak is required but NOT a new bullet, you can use SHIFT-ENTER instead of ENTER, and this will force the type to the next line without creating a new bullet! Give it a try!
–> Oh yeah. There’s also the use of Get Away where getaway is appropriate, and the rampant, unnecessary capitalization. Someone’s English teacher is tearing up right now.
* note: This works in just about all word processors I’ve tried in the past ten years.
Comments: 0May 23rd, 2009 by scrivener
From Sophie Lynette, lemons and limes in Ohio!
Thanks, Sophie! And keep them coming, everyone. I never get enough of these!
Comments: 0May 16th, 2009 by scrivener
A musubi is a ball of rice, often wrapped with seaweed. This bad apostrophe seems to pop up whenever a word ends with a vowel, as if people are afraid to spell something musubis. No idea why.
Have a ricey weekend!
Comments: 0May 9th, 2009 by scrivener
Seen at a local Taco Bell. It’s possible that the sign says EXACTLY what was meant, but I’m guessing not.
May you not be thrown for a loop OR thrown AT a loop this weekend!