3.2.09

call me a stickler if you will, but....

I think it's insane that a popular clothing chain like American Eagle could let something like this be printed on a t-shirt. This has to be the most elementary of grammar lessons, one we all learned in probably 2nd grade---the difference between "you're" and "your." If you don't know it, SHAME ON YOU. It's that simple----an apostrophe takes the place of a letter that is missing:

you're = you are, i.e. "You're the best friend I ever had," or "You're a dork."
your = denotes possession, i.e. "your shirt is dirty," or "your dog is cute."

Look at this item and tell me what you see. And they're selling it for $19.50. Who let this one sneak by? It didn't even sneak---this is glaring. I'd crawl under a rock if I'd been the one responsible for this. I'm also quite certain it doesn't come down to any one person, but society as a whole. People in this country don't even know the proper rules of their native language. It saddens and scares me.

Go to:
http://www.ae.com/web/browse/product.jsp?catId=cat90042&productId=1305_3175

Hit the "View Larger" button once the item pops up. Tell me what you think.

3 comments:

Scribe said...

They ought to make the designer of the shirt wear it.

Idiot.

Christy said...

HAHAHA! Oh, I love you, erin. we are definitely meant to be friends.

Silicon Cookware said...

Wow. I was going to suggest it was photo shopped until I realized it was the vendor's site.

I was hoping the shirt was ironic. But it doesn't seem that way to me.

Sad, sad, sad.

On a completely unrelated note: You're Jewish in Kansas? I grew up in OK. Living in the middle of the Bible belt must be interesting!

 

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