When I saw this sign a few blocks past the one pictured in my previous post, I quickly grabbed my camera and pulled into the parking lot...
Misspelling lottery (lottory- see previous post) is a trivial typo compared to THIS splendid solecism.
This is a paramount punctuation predicament- and I thought that this unnecessary, possessive-making apostrophe would make a good topic for a blog post....
Anyway, the funny thing is that the photo above was not actually taken when I first pulled into the parking lot.
My initial attempt was interrupted by the guy working at the "Super Fresh Food's".
For some reason, he wasn't too thrilled about me taking pictures of his store.
I am not exactly sure why he was so concerned, or even how he noticed me with my small digital camera, but before I even had time to get the sign's words in focus, he was out in front of the store with a not-so-happy look on his face- walking toward me at a not-so-friendly pace.
I quickly returned to my vehicle after snapping this shot:
Misspelling lottery (lottory- see previous post) is a trivial typo compared to THIS splendid solecism.
This is a paramount punctuation predicament- and I thought that this unnecessary, possessive-making apostrophe would make a good topic for a blog post....
Anyway, the funny thing is that the photo above was not actually taken when I first pulled into the parking lot.
My initial attempt was interrupted by the guy working at the "Super Fresh Food's".
For some reason, he wasn't too thrilled about me taking pictures of his store.
I am not exactly sure why he was so concerned, or even how he noticed me with my small digital camera, but before I even had time to get the sign's words in focus, he was out in front of the store with a not-so-happy look on his face- walking toward me at a not-so-friendly pace.
I quickly returned to my vehicle after snapping this shot:
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