Righting Wrong Writing

haha! oopsy! at least it's a bona fide typo - not a grammatical error. sheesh. Let's try again: I went into Rack Room Shoes recently and on a corporate sign it used "it's" vs. "its" and I find it hard to believe bad grammar gets by on that level. So this sign must be in hundreds of their stores. Shame.

I went into Rack Room Shoes recenlty and on a corporate sign it used "it's" vs. "its" and I find it hard to believe bad grammar gets by on that level. So this sign must be in hundreds of their stores. Shame.

I am an "English" fan and the article opened up like I stepped into my backyard finding a family of deer resting in the far corner ... and of course, I welcomed and delighted in the scene; alas, all too soon, the composition decamped, leaving me contented, hankering yet.

Jeff Deck and I were born of the same mold. It has always irked me to see a misspelled or grammatically incorrect sign or notice. When my children were smaller, in order to point out the error to them and correct it, if I was able to do so at the time I would go up to the sign or notice and pencil in the correct spelling and/or grammar. So many people use an apostrophe where there shouldn't be any; for example, "Egg's for sale." Way to go, Jeff

These guys are my heroes. I write to magazine editors, website owners, the makers of cereal and the writers of signs, pointing out mising/exxtra/un'necces"ary spelling and grammatical errors, mostly to no avail. Thank you for reminding me that I am not the only one to find such errors infuriating!