Thursday, March 31, 2011

Unnecessary Quotations


I just can't handle unnecessary quotations. Few things peeve me more than this heinous grammatical crime. This sign actually caused a bowel movement. But, my view of humanity was restored when I saw that one costumer mocked the sign with her own mandate: Please clean bathroom! -customer.  Unfortunately, she leaves me with an itchy brain by not completely the mocking by adding unnecessary quotes around "clean." Please, if you plan on mocking a sign with unnecessary quotations, please, "FINISH" the job! - Management.


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3 comments:

  1. I'm "totally" with you on this one.

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  2. Yes!!! THe amount of excess quotation marks in the world is insane. We were just discussing how people should have to apply for a license to use them on signs. One sign I saw read like this: "Ocean" "Side" "Campground" --I mean the words were maybe differnt but that was how it went. SO, thanks for discussing this important issue Sarah.

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