Apostrophe anger at road sign

[carter711]

http://travel.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-doc...

If the sign is saying that one parking bay has been suspended, surely the apostrophe has it's place there?

[ewenm]

School signs: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_...

Dro've pa'st that' thi's aft'erno'on, so sad.

[ZOLLAR]

Yeah that annoy's me too!

[whirligig]

carter711 said:

http://travel.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-doc...

If the sign is saying that one parking bay has been suspended, surely the apostrophe has it's place there?

Ahem! "it's"??????

[Jasandjules]

Yep, sign around here says "Cats Eye's"... FFS.... Perhaps I should report it to the Apostrophe fella to keep his urine simmering.

[jamesson]

It's unlikely the sign refers to one bay. If that were the case "Parking Bay Suspended" would be the more likely message. Whoever wrote the sign has made an error.

[davhill]

We've to guess what's suspended but the sign clearly states that whatever it is belongs to the parking bay. Simples!

[ShadownINja]

Spackers say there is nothing wrong with not getting grammar and spelling correct. This is the fallout. Ill-educated 20-something spacker teachers in secondary schools up and down the country teach our future generation how to speak and spell like a spacker. Soon legal documents will be written by ill-educated professional lawyers. Innit.

Some spackers say it's just the language evolving. There's a difference between evolution and man reverting back to ape.

[shakotan]

whirligig said:

carter711 said:

http://travel.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-doc...

If the sign is saying that one parking bay has been suspended, surely the apostrophe has it's place there?

Ahem! "it's"??????

The irony!

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

Parking bay is (in short, bay's) suspended?

Hmmm

[Atomic Gibbon]

ShadownINja said:

Spackers say there is nothing wrong with not getting grammar and spelling correct. This is the fallout. Ill-educated 20-something spacker teachers in secondary schools up and down the country teach our future generation how to speak and spell like a spacker. Soon legal documents will be written by ill-educated professional lawyers. Innit.

Some spackers say it's just the language evolving. There's a difference between evolution and man reverting back to ape.

Ahem, it's Spacca =)

[Mr GrimNasty]

Yes it (bay sign) is perfectly correct (assuming there is only 1 bay!).

Edited by Mr GrimNasty on Tuesday 28th September 21:47

[john2443]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Yes it (bay sign) is perfectly correct (assuming there is only 1 bay!).

Edited by Mr GrimNasty on Tuesday 28th September 21:47

....hence you could park in bay 2,3 or 4 and explain to the judge that the sign only related to bay 1! I'm sure that would stand up OK!

[North West Tom]

Article said:

Apostrophe Protection Society

Oh dear

[Famous Graham]

davhill said:

We've to guess what's suspended but the sign clearly states that whatever it is belongs to the parking bay. Simples!

No it doesn't. Half of it is missing.

It does state that a single parking bay has been suspended, however.

Edited by Famous Graham on Tuesday 28th September 22:36