RE: poor/misleading signage

Subject: RE: poor/misleading signage
From: "Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>
To: "'Melissa Nelson'" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:06:23 -0700

I would be a little miffed if I was a construction worker there. "What! I'm
only worth $7500!!! My hunk-o-junk truck is worth more than that."

Sigh...

Lauren


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> Subject: Re: poor/misleading signage
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> My favorite misleading sign is one they put out in Michigan
> every summer
> during construction reminding people that it is against the
> law to kill
> construction workers with your car... It says "Kill a
> construction worker
> $7500 and 15 years in prison." Something about it has a
> marketing tone and I
> feel like it is saying "For a mere $7500 and 15 years in
> prison, you may
> kill a construction worker." I always get the urge to haggle
> and see if I
> can kill two for only $14,000 and 25 years or something. It
> is very badly
> written.
>
> Then again...my ex was a construction worker...so I can never
> tell if I am
> just over-editing...or if I just need a really good shrink! :)
>
> Melissa
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Milan Davidovic <shl_ctf -at- yahoo -dot- ca>
> >To: Susan Hogarth <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>, Techwr-l
> ><techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> >Subject: Re: poor/misleading signage
> >Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:12:50 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >--- Susan Hogarth <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > > But it COULD mean:
> > >
> > > "Weapons concealed, or otherwise are prohibited on
> > > these premises"
> >
> >I don't think that the "rules" of English grammar
> >(such as they are) allow you to make an elliptical
> >clause by dropping "must be":
> >
> >"Weapons [must be] concealed, or otherwise are
> >prohibited on these premises.
> >
> >Or did you have something else in mind?
> >
> >Milan
> >http://altmilan.blogspot.com
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