Friday, May 4, 2012

Bad Typography Week 6

 This sign is incorrect because there is no need for an apostrophe.  They are wanting to use the plural form of the word "sign" but instead are using the possessive form.
This is incorrect because the apostrophe is in the wrong place.  It should say "you're" instead of "your'e."

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Bad Typography Week 5

This is bad typography because the word "their" is used incorrectly.  It should say "they're" instead.
This is bad typography because there is no need for an apostrophe.  Right now they are using the possessive form when they need to be using the plural form.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Bad Typography Week 4

 This sign is incorrect because there should be apostrophes in the word theres.  It should say there's, meaning "there is."  Also, they used the incorrect "then."  It should say "then" and not "than."
This sign is incorrect because it should say "you're" instead of "your."  "Your" refers to possession where as "you're" means "you are."

Friday, April 13, 2012

Bad Typography Week 3

 In this picture the apostrophe is used incorrectly in DVD's.  They want to be using the plural tense, like they used in CDs, and not the possessive tense.
This picture is incorrect because there is no need for an apostrophe on this shirt.  When they use an apostrophe they are using the possessive tense instead of the plural tense.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Advertisements Week 2

This sign is incorrect because they are referring to the plural tense but are using the possessive tense.

This sign is incorrect because they are referring to the possessive tense but using the contraction "it is."

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Bad Typography Signs

 This sign's quotation marks are incorrect.  They used the inch marks instead of the correct quotes.
This sign used the incorrect apostrophe.  They used the hash mark instead of the correct apostrophe.