Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Punctuation, is it too much to ask for?


Sign in the window, Rainbow Dry Cleaning, Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, BC

Sign in the window, Rainbow Dry Cleaning, Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, BC (Detail)

I don't think that the person doing the sewing is named Jean. I don't know for sure, but that is probably a reasonable assumption.

Rather than identifying the person operating the sewing machine, I think that this sign is identifying the service on offer. Rainbow Dry Cleaning will hem my jeans.

I know this may seem needlessly petty and pedantic, but accurate punctuation can also be financially significant. A comma in a telecommunications contract cost the buyer millions.  

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