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Title: Spotted this
Post by: 4x4 on 29 June 2014, 20:46:21
While i was at a customers during the week,see if you can spot the mistake  ;D
(http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww7/martinthrapston/DSC_0065_zpsyypub4na.jpg)
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: 05omegav6 on 29 June 2014, 20:56:54
Why do you need to bother ordering if you've, well, bought your own food? Or is that just for drinks... ;D
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: jimbobmccoy on 29 June 2014, 21:33:57
While i was at a customers during the week,see if you can spot the mistake  ;D
(http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww7/martinthrapston/DSC_0065_zpsyypub4na.jpg)

Well not we'll?
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: plym ian on 29 June 2014, 21:53:14
Who's garden? That's good service ;D
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: jimbobmccoy on 30 June 2014, 07:29:18
Possibly a missing apostrophe on the 'its number' since the its could be possessive.

What's the prize by the way-do I win the internet? :)
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: Terbs on 30 June 2014, 20:08:48
Missing apostrophe on 'well'...should be we'll :y
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: cleggy on 30 June 2014, 20:11:59
Missing apostrophe on 'well'...should be we'll :y

Obviously :y ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: 4x4 on 30 June 2014, 21:10:49
I found that at a pub in loughton,milton keynes,none of the staff had noticed ....
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: cleggy on 01 July 2014, 08:00:07
It is surprising how many spelling mistakes you see when menus are hand written on a blackboard, can be quite amusing. ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 01 July 2014, 10:12:50
It's piss poor on several levels.  The printers obviously didn't notice either pre or post print, nor did anybody at Harvester.....  ::)

Or maybe they all did and thought " It doughn ma' aah... "  >:(
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: Nick W on 01 July 2014, 10:13:56
Possibly a missing apostrophe on the 'its number' since the its could be possessive.

What's the prize by the way-do I win the internet? :)

Apostrophes on "it's" are always an abbreviation of "it is", and are wrong for possessive cases. It should have been "we'll" rather than "well".
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: jimbobmccoy on 01 July 2014, 10:23:11
Possibly a missing apostrophe on the 'its number' since the its could be possessive.

What's the prize by the way-do I win the internet? :)

Apostrophes on "it's" are always an abbreviation of "it is", and are wrong for possessive cases. It should have been "we'll" rather than "well".

I agree. I was taught that it's considered possessive if it belongs to something or someone, not a word!
My sister in law-a teacher-argues this with me, which is why I said possibly.

She also disputed the existence of an Oxford comma, completely unaware of it until I told her what it was.
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: cleggy on 01 July 2014, 10:32:08
Possibly a missing apostrophe on the 'its number' since the its could be possessive.

What's the prize by the way-do I win the internet? :)

Apostrophes on "it's" are always an abbreviation of "it is", and are wrong for possessive cases. It should have been "we'll" rather than "well".

I agree. I was taught that it's considered possessive if it belongs to something or someone, not a word!
My sister in law-a teacher-argues this with me, which is why I said possibly.

She also disputed the existence of an Oxford comma, completely unaware of it until I told her what it was.

Something I used to use until recently
Language rules do change, they were trying to do away with apostrophe if I remember correctly but spelling mistakes are unforgiveable especially today with spell checker ETC.
The funniest bit of graffiti I saw was on a green Telecom Box in big black letters ... FUK OF. I blame education :y ;D ;D ;D ;D 
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: Kevin Wood on 01 July 2014, 11:10:27
Harvester are exactly the kind of establishment who probably have a corporate policy not to use the apostrophe at all in their communications because it's it is "misunderstood". ::)

As such, their use of English is about as rich and wholesome as the sad, limp contents of their salad bars and other provisions "fresh" from the back of a 3663 lorry. ;D
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: 05omegav6 on 01 July 2014, 11:13:56
Harvester are exactly the kind of establishment who probably have a corporate policy not to use the apostrophe at all in their communications because it's it is "misunderstood". ::)

As such, their use of English is about as rich and wholesome as the sad, limp contents of their salad bars and other provisions "fresh" from the back of a 3663 lorry. ;D
Hardly surprising when the suppliers use numbers instead of letters for their company name/logo ::)

3663 being FOOD on the telephone keypad ;D
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: cleggy on 01 July 2014, 12:16:13
Harvester are exactly the kind of establishment who probably have a corporate policy not to use the apostrophe at all in their communications because it's it is "misunderstood". ::)

As such, their use of English is about as rich and wholesome as the sad, limp contents of their salad bars and other provisions "fresh" from the back of a 3663 lorry. ;D
Hardly surprising when the suppliers use numbers instead of letters for their company name/logo ::)

3663 being FOOD on the telephone keypad ;D

The staff couldn't spell BOOKERS  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Spotted this
Post by: Rods2 on 01 July 2014, 20:17:58
About as well produced as their microwave food and their standard's of service IME. ???