tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post6086002966908657444..comments2023-06-28T07:58:56.909-04:00Comments on PERGE MODO: Provincetown grammarTony Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-58158804411309057622008-09-18T01:26:00.000-04:002008-09-18T01:26:00.000-04:00The apostrophe in "intersection's" works if you as...The apostrophe in "intersection's" works if you assume the driver knows there's an intersection but doesn't know where it is.<BR/><BR/>In the 80s, the route I took from Boston to the Cape went past two large trailers with the hand-painted message, "No job to large or to small." Parse that if you can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-11178514961106375182008-09-17T18:51:00.000-04:002008-09-17T18:51:00.000-04:00Dear Tankmontreal,Oddly, they were both in the men...Dear Tankmontreal,<BR/><BR/>Oddly, they were both in the men's room. Must be an epidemic of clot hes changing.Tony Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-80856373511005685462008-09-17T18:37:00.000-04:002008-09-17T18:37:00.000-04:00And the curiously-spaced signs: I know that restr...And the curiously-spaced signs: I know that restroom and I've seen the sign, at least one of them. Did you talk your way into the ladies' ? With a <I>camera?</I> <BR/>On second thought, you probably used your phone. But still.tankmontrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303476618446125363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-65128852986522899042008-09-17T17:37:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:37:00.000-04:00There's a blog devoted just to that intersectional...There's a blog devoted just to that intersectional problem: <BR/><BR/><A SRC="http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/">The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks</A>R J Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06925072280945666069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-10534695225972894912008-09-17T17:23:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:23:00.000-04:00Actually, my first defensive thought was to go to ...Actually, my first defensive thought was to go to the contraction of "intersection is".<BR/><BR/>So I would defend the signmaker-- but not their stupidity.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the same signmaker hand made the other two?cbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07012048318668422826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-63811734985202518732008-09-17T15:46:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:46:00.000-04:00The first sign needs to be posted here. The remain...The first sign needs to be posted <A HREF="http://www.apostropheabuse.com/" REL="nofollow">here.</A> The remaining signs need to be thro wn aw ay.Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852713057094279347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-13978167600354253442008-09-17T15:34:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:34:00.000-04:00Dear SubtleKnife, you could be co-counsel for the ...Dear SubtleKnife, you could be co-counsel for the defense with Tankmontreal, but I would throw your theory out of court on the grounds that the intersection doesn't possess anything.Tony Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-91622330608965625612008-09-17T15:29:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:29:00.000-04:00Dear Tankmontreal,You are being veeeery generous, ...Dear Tankmontreal,<BR/>You are being veeeery generous, but as counsel for the defendant, you might just get them off on a technicality.Tony Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-68667246212916131602008-09-17T15:28:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:28:00.000-04:00Oops! I was stupid in my previous comment. I meant...Oops! I was stupid in my previous comment. I meant that the 's was a contraction of is!M. Knoesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17133347011461421224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-10592395185301057972008-09-17T15:27:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:27:00.000-04:00I have to commend whoever wrote those cardboard si...I have to commend whoever wrote those cardboard signs for his or her consistency. At least it wasn't carelesness that led to this mistake.<BR/><BR/>As for the top sign, I don't think it's gramatically incorrect because that it's a possessive rather than a plural 's. Of course that invokes - to me - a picture of a town with one dangerous intersection and a sign warning that <I>the</I> dangerous intersection is ahead rather than <I>a</I> dangerous intersection. But then if you knew the town well enough to know there was only one, you would probably know where it wasn, wouldn't you?M. Knoesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17133347011461421224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-7243924168433196362008-09-17T15:25:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:25:00.000-04:00Dangerous Intersection is Ahead, maybe?Dangerous Intersection <I><B>is</B></I> Ahead, maybe?tankmontrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303476618446125363noreply@blogger.com