Comments on: Airport Grammar Delays Affect Thousands of Travelers As Logan Sends Message to Visitors to the U.S.: Welcome to America, Land of the Free and the Home of the Sub-Literate http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/boston-airport-to-visitors-to-the-united-states-welcome-to-america-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-the-sub-literate/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/boston-airport-to-visitors-to-the-united-states-welcome-to-america-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-the-sub-literate/#comment-4838 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:30:01 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/boston-airport-to-visitors-to-the-united-states-welcome-to-america-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-the-sub-literate/#comment-4838 Misused apostrophes are plague, aren’t they?

The problem seems to start with poor or no grammar instruction in middle school and beyond. Like most people who’ve taught college writing classes, I’ve seen student papers with lines like, “The English Department doesn’t need it’s remedial grammar program.”

]]> By: laurakramarsky http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/boston-airport-to-visitors-to-the-united-states-welcome-to-america-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-the-sub-literate/#comment-4837 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:41:54 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/boston-airport-to-visitors-to-the-united-states-welcome-to-america-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-the-sub-literate/#comment-4837 The thing that drives me right out of my mind is the mis-use of apostrophes. There used to be a huge billboard where I lived that said “ABC VACUUM’S. WE HAVE THE BEST DEALS.” Try reading consumer packaging–you’ll find numerous mistakes in grammar, punctuation, spelling…it’s unreal.

I have actually taken a Sharpie and corrected signs hanging on shop doors. It’s a disease, but I can’t stand to see a sign that says: PLEASE COME BACK. STORE REOPEN’S AT 1PM.

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