On a similar note, has anyone seen the Chicago Public Schools advertisements in the El cars? The theme this year is "Go to school today, and everyday." Now how are you going to get kids interested in education when you, the public school district, can't even discern when to use the word "everday." Lesson: when a noun, the words are separate, when an adjective, you can put them together.
@jllevoc: That "everyday" thing is one of my pet peeves, too. And unfortunately, it seems to be getting more and more common to use it as one word, no matter what the context, proper spelling and grammar be damned.
People are just irredeemably stupid, I guess.
Added bonus nit: Those El car signs actually say "Just go to school today and everyday," apparently playing off the "Just go to school" campaign from a few years back. (Sorry, make that the "Just go! to school" campaign. Can't forget the exclamation point in the middle of the sentence, can we?)
So it's an awkwardly-constructed sentence with an improperly used word at the end, along with as an occasional spare puncutation mark.
@Ingrid: "Shorthand" is one thing. Blatant displays of ignorance (on a SCHOOL nonetheless) are another.
If they were low on "S's" wouldn't it have been quicker, easier, and less embarassing just to abbreviate Tuesday as "TUE" rather than leaving it as "TUEDAY"?
As for the "SCHOOL START" problem, perhaps using the phrase "SCHOOL OPENS" would have solved the problem.
When I was out in Cape Cod last month there was a tutoring place we kept driving past called "Tutors Is Us." It made me want to beat my head against the car door!
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The district we're in, school starts next week. I think that it just sucks when school starts in August.
There should be a law prohibiting that!!!!!
Maybe they were just short on Ss (Ses? S's?)
i no see what wrong with that.
They could have at least used some 5s for Ss.
They could have bought a couple "S's" for fifty cent.
They could have bought a couple "S's" for fifty cent.
Navin shoot, he score!
Should I be worrie?
Coming down so hard them...sheesh....isn't that the whole point of these outdoor boards, I mean to use shorthand when they don't have enough letters?
And considering that it's mostly the janitors who do these jobs, does it make you all feel so superior that you catch their little glitches?
They can't even spell "Anderson" right. LULZ
On a similar note, has anyone seen the Chicago Public Schools advertisements in the El cars? The theme this year is "Go to school today, and everyday." Now how are you going to get kids interested in education when you, the public school district, can't even discern when to use the word "everday." Lesson: when a noun, the words are separate, when an adjective, you can put them together.
"Go to school today, and everyday."
Oh dear god, YES I saw that and it made me die a little inside.
Just as an experiment, I plugged that sentence into Word and ran the Spelling/Grammar check.
Yeah, it flagged it.
They didn't even...run...spellcheck. Those kids are DOOMED.
@jllevoc: That "everyday" thing is one of my pet peeves, too. And unfortunately, it seems to be getting more and more common to use it as one word, no matter what the context, proper spelling and grammar be damned.
People are just irredeemably stupid, I guess.
Added bonus nit: Those El car signs actually say "Just go to school today and everyday," apparently playing off the "Just go to school" campaign from a few years back. (Sorry, make that the "Just go! to school" campaign. Can't forget the exclamation point in the middle of the sentence, can we?)
So it's an awkwardly-constructed sentence with an improperly used word at the end, along with as an occasional spare puncutation mark.
I'm so proud of CPS.
@Ingrid: "Shorthand" is one thing. Blatant displays of ignorance (on a SCHOOL nonetheless) are another.
If they were low on "S's" wouldn't it have been quicker, easier, and less embarassing just to abbreviate Tuesday as "TUE" rather than leaving it as "TUEDAY"?
As for the "SCHOOL START" problem, perhaps using the phrase "SCHOOL OPENS" would have solved the problem.
When I was out in Cape Cod last month there was a tutoring place we kept driving past called "Tutors Is Us." It made me want to beat my head against the car door!
Perhaps if they gave schools the money promised to them in budgets, they could afford an "S" or two. . .
yeah. hopefully, it will be all right. not alright.