So many businesses include an apostrophe when one is not needed that it is either due to grammar ignorance or the work of a professional typo expert as in this case. Quite a way to go for this punch line
Why do people call mistakes typos? A typo is when your finger hits two keys or the wrong key as you type or hits the keys in the wrong order, e.g., imstake. Adding an apostrophe when none is needed is a grammar error and so are most misspellings and wrong word errors.
rhllandr over 1 year ago
Not following on this one.
Ratkin Premium Member over 1 year ago
? So is it a bar owned by a guy named Shoe? Doesn’t look like a bar.
i_am_the_jam over 1 year ago
I don’t get it either.
oldpine52 over 1 year ago
So, Acme’s business is creating typos?
chief tommy over 1 year ago
So many businesses include an apostrophe when one is not needed that it is either due to grammar ignorance or the work of a professional typo expert as in this case. Quite a way to go for this punch line
electricshadow Premium Member over 1 year ago
He shouldn’t do that. He’d put this comic in an entirely different strip.
rekam Premium Member over 1 year ago
Is it a store owned by somebody named Shoe? Otherwise, leave it alone
C over 1 year ago
Bob is gonna be upset
backyardcowboy over 1 year ago
I think he’s suggesting the apostrophe as an attention-getter. People will stop in to tell him the sign is wrong and then buy something.
Michael Helwig over 1 year ago
Which S?
lv2sew over 1 year ago
Local business sign: Car Fonic’s. I’ve wanted to paint over that apostrophe for 30 years.
ladykat over 1 year ago
Is the owner’s name Shoe? If so, the apostrophe is appropriate. If they are selling shoes, leave the sign alone.
moeric9 over 1 year ago
Shouldn’t it be Akmee Tiepo’s?
WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago
What, with a clever name like that? Why change it?
hooglah over 1 year ago
I think I would change the name of my store…..unless I sold shoes.
Ratkin Premium Member over 1 year ago
Why do people call mistakes typos? A typo is when your finger hits two keys or the wrong key as you type or hits the keys in the wrong order, e.g., imstake. Adding an apostrophe when none is needed is a grammar error and so are most misspellings and wrong word errors.
Bill The Nuke over 1 year ago
Is this a comment on all the signs with typos?
KEA over 1 year ago
but then it would be for the birds
mwksix over 1 year ago
It’s a store owned by multiple people named Shoe…
Lablubber over 1 year ago
My reaction to this one is shoo.
Brent Rosenthal Premium Member over 1 year ago
I so hate when idiot’s don’t know that apostrophe’s aren’t used before the s in plural word’s.
T... over 1 year ago
Is that the owners name, “Shoe”, then the possessive is necessary, “Shoe’s shoes”…
truiz over 1 year ago
Neither am I – especially since an apostrophe denotes possession. People are using it incorrectly constantly.
BigBoy over 1 year ago
Acme Autocorrupt is made by them also and sold to major software companies
gopher gofer over 1 year ago
he’d do a booming business in japan. for whatever reason, apostrophes are much loved and widely abused here…
https://bestcarweb.jp/feature/column/215652