"Please wash your hand's" 1

[hotfusion]

I dunno.
I know my spelling and grammar is somewhat short of perfect, but at least I do try to improve when certain shortcomings are pointed out to me.

So how is it that a professionally made sign located in a public toilet sported the legend:
"Please wash your hand's"?

That would be a sacking offence in my book - surely if you employ a person to produce possibly thousands of signs like this, you'd expect them to not fall for that basic punctuation error?

I see other examples where I shouldn't, for example in news papers and leaflets.

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[rasETL]

Here is a good question...

Would you wash your hands if you were in Japan today?

 

[johnwm]

Three English public schoolboys happened to meet in a public wash room. As they stepped away from the urinals, two washed their hands and the third didn't.
First hand washer - "At Winchester we were taught to wash our hands after urinating"
Second hand washer - "At Harrow we were also taught to wash our hands after urinating"
Third ((non hand washer) - "At Eton they taught us not to p*ss on our fingers"

As an elderly gent steam engine enthusiast I always carry a clean pair of disposable gloves when we are driving around the countryside - you can't always find somewhere to wash your hands when you get taken short!

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[flapeyre]

http://www.apostropheabuse.com/

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[Annihilannic]

This was an unusual abuse that I came across recently (note the caption):

http://www.halfpriceshutters.com.au/_gallery/view?id=62ea69f77a2ad2784cf920442f585bd1&key=9XfQkT

2.5M hits on google though... not as uncommon as I thought!

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[SantaMufasa]

Wan't" ("Why not") spell it that way? <grin>

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[gbaughma]

Wouldn't that be Whyn't?



Just my 2¢

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[hotfusion]

Ahh... but there usually needs to be emphasis on the 'not' part, as in,
"You din't buy any milk? Why NOT??!"

Maybe that's why we don't see that particular contraction?

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[CajunCenturion]

Perhaps, but almost all contractions involve a verb.


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[gbaughma]

Perhaps, but almost all contractions involve a verb.

... or children.



Just my 2¢

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[CajunCenturion]

Yeah, but don't want to leave anything out in those contractions.

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[Annihilannic]

Are you suggesting you would want to leave them in??

Annihilannic.