Spelling Therapy
- October 10th, 2011
Archive for the ‘Fun with Signs’ Category
So let me get this straight…lips are makin’ the grub? Those are some talented lips!This isn’t how to spell the synonym for danger. It is, however, the right spelling for the county from which Bo and Luke hail. I just pray that the error doesn’t cost lives in a tragic store fire.
This heart-felt yuletide sentiment was spotted in our local King Soopers and falls under the heading of “Let’s try it both ways because one of them’s bound to be right.” I know I don’t have to explain to you the circumstances under which you would use an apostrophe with “lot.” (The list below is for all those others.)
1. To turn the noun possessive, as in “The outhouse belongs on that lot’s northeast corner.”
2. As a contraction of the noun “lot” and the verb “is,” as in “That property lot’s in a bad location.”
3. And finally, when you’re referring to the biblical Abraham’s cousin’s wife, who turned into a salt lick.
And really, King Soopers. Blaming Jill? Bad form.