Apostrophical inaccuracies.

gordonartist · Post by **gordonartist** » Fri May 19, 2006 8:13 pm

Apostrophical inaccuracies.

At a posh and expensive Sydney restaurant you will find on the menu, "bar snack's, pizza's, burger's, and dessert's." These are to be washed down with premier "wines from the Barossa' " [Barossa Valley.]

Why on earth would you spend all that money on a posh restaurant and then have to read a menu like that?

Signed,

Bewildered.

gordonartist · Post by **gordonartist** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:40 am

Good one Diruretic!:)

Take care,

Gordon.

gordonartist · Post by **gordonartist** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:41 am

I can't spell either!!:-4

Take care,

Gordon

theia · Post by **theia** » Sat May 20, 2006 3:19 am

"Eats, Shoots and Leaves" (Lynne Truss) is informative, invaluable and amusing. Thanks for mentioning it, Diuretic...

*writes theia realising to her horror that she has been using the ellipsis incorrectly for goodness knows how long. :-5 *

theia · Post by **theia** » Sun May 21, 2006 12:49 am

Diuretic wrote:

Ah, the ellipsis...potent symbol that it is

To be used to show that words are missing...from the text, or merely implied...

Whoops...

Okay, so I'll have to practice being more implicit...

theia · Post by **theia** » Sun May 21, 2006 2:35 am

Pinky wrote:

What about semi colons; anyone use them incorrectly too?

All the time; I appear to have an unhealthy addiction to them; they seem to have replaced the comma in much of what I write; I could need help...

jbbarker1947 · Post by **jbbarker1947** » Sun May 21, 2006 6:06 am

Don't overlook the period. When I was young, my sister missed her's and hell broke loose at home.

JayDee · Post by **JayDee** » Sun May 21, 2006 6:20 am

I guess if we stuck to correct grammar all the time, which I do try to, it would mess up the tag line for Star Trek, and the lyrics to 'Old Man River" would be shot to pieces!:D