(Vanity) Duncan Hunter logo wrong! - (APOSTROPHE BACKWARDS)

Duncan Hunter for President ^ | 3/2/07 | Me

[paulat]

I haven't decided who I am supporting yet...but if you go to

gohunter08.com (link above)

...Hunter's website, you'll see that the apostrophe in his logo is backwards!!

It should (heaven forbid!) curl to the left to be correct.

Microsoft Word doesn't format apostrophes correctly unless they are in the middle of a word...but really, they're trying to say "20'08."

Because of this problem, most other campaigns are just using 2008.

I have a call into the campaign to warn them about this and about having more stuff printed up (bumper stickers, yard signs).

Just a heads-up! (This is what I get for having been an English major....)

[Revolting cat!]

Paula, I love you, you pedant!

[paulat]

Sigh!! Just wanted to save some ridicule....

[NorCalRepub]

...I think they need to update the straw poll results also.

[Revolting cat!]

You did, you did. You did well.

[FLOutdoorsman]

Are you sure your a English major?

Showing omission of letters

Apostrophes are used in contractions. A contraction is a word (or set of numbers) in which one or more letters (or numbers) have been omitted. The apostrophe shows this omission. Contractions are common in speaking and in informal writing. To use an apostrophe to create a contraction, place an apostrophe where the omitted letter(s) would go. Here are some examples:

don't = do not

I'm = I am

he'll = he will

who's = who is

shouldn't = should not

didn't = did not

could've= could have (NOT "could of"!)

'60 = 1960


'08 is perfectly fine for 2008.

[paulat]

'08 is perfectly fine for 2008

You didn't read my post. The apostrophe is backwards.

[Defiant]

Are you sure your a English major?

This is getting funny.

[paulat]

Are you sure your a English major?

"Your"..."You're"

Did you go to the website to see what I mean?

[FLOutdoorsman]

If thats all to complain about Hunter, then so be it!!!

[quantim]

Are you sure your a English major?

You meant to say, "Are you sure you're an English major?"

;-)

[Registered]

You're right!

[msnimje]

Artistic License

They probably just thought it looked better this way.

[NorCalRepub]

....LOL.....touche' I think my apostrophe is correct in that.....*wink*....

[paulat]

If thats all to complain about Hunter, then so be it!!!

Oh, grow up.

"Thats" = "That's"

I'm pointing out something that could be a national embarrassment for the campaign.

Nobody with adequate press staff would have let THE MAJOR LOGO slide!!!

[airborne]

Either way, Duncan Hunter is a breath of fresh air!

This guy is what I was looking for when I voted for Bush.

[BunnySlippers]

Now, had this been Rudy ... it would reflect poorly on all of us. ;)

[FLOutdoorsman]

heh ha, I never said I was. That would be another drink. Every typo, take a drink. It works.

[sockmonkey]

you'll see that the apostrophe in his logo is backwards!!

Are you series? This is hugh news./s

I think it was done that way because it is more pleasing to the eye as far as balance in the graphic.

[Sherman Logan]

Autistic License?

[paulat]

They probably just thought it looked better this way.

No, I explained it above. Please read.

[Political Junkie Too]

All your apostrophe are belong to us!

'PJ

[Registered]

Halp Us Dunkin Hunter - We Dont No Basik Gramer and PUnchuation

[Redbob]

"If thats all to complain about Hunter, then so be it!!!"

That and his less-than-stellar 92 lifetime ACU rating.

[paulat]

I think it was done that way because it is more pleasing to the eye as far as balance in the graphic.

It just looks ignorant.

[MARTIAL MONK]

Ah hain't agonna vote fo nobodies who's a puttin' thar postrofies on backards. Mos likliest he's a commie. This is series stuff.

[Eagle Forgotten]

While we're on this subject, I have two other questions for the punctuation police. Both relate to this passage from Hunter's website:

A large scale extension of the fence (700 miles long) was authorized in the 2006 bill “Secure Fence Act of 2006”. His efforts over some 20 plus years have brought the fence to be considered as a major instrument of immigration policy and border control.

[end quotation]

1) In the first sentence, is there any reason to put the name of the bill in quotation marks? I would use the quotation marks only if the reference were to the name instead of the bill. For example: The name "Secure Fence Act of 2006" was chosen to emphasize the fence's purpose.

2) Hyphens: I would hyphenate "large-scale" in the first sentence and "20-plus" in the second (although "efforts over some 20 plus years" would probably be better as simply "efforts for more than 20 years").

Now we need to find out where each candidate stands on the serial comma....

[Jet Jaguar]

Funny thing, the deer crossing signs in NM show the deer with reverse antlers.

[paulat]

[paulat]

All I can say is:

Remember Dan Quayle and "potatoe."
They will pounce on this.

...don't say I didn't warn you....

[paulat]

While we're on this subject, I have two other questions for the punctuation police.

OHFORPETE'SSAKE!!!

This is in this guy's LOGO!!! BUMPER STICKERS!!! YARD SIGNS!!!

He looks like an idiot...or, at least, he hires idiots.

[dighton]

Good catch. It does need fixin‘ — er, fixin’.

[Redbob]

38 Congressmen had perfect ACU ratings for the latest year rated, '05:
Why isn't "D. Hunter" in that group?
Tom Tancredo is.
Even J. Dennis Hastert is!

[Registered]

Probably wayyyy too late to fix. Oh well.

[paulat]

Good catch. It does need fixin‘ — er, fixin’.

It is terrifying to me that I was the first person to see this....

[healy61]

I don't think he looks like an idiot because of the apostrophe.

One other thought about quotations is that the quotation at the end of the sentence should include the final period. The example would be "2008 Fence Bill." If I'm wrong let me know. Thanks.

[paulat]

I don't think he looks like an idiot because of the apostrophe.

He does if it's in his logo...the graphic symbol of his campaign.

[FreeReign]

38 Congressmen had perfect ACU ratings for the latest year rated, '05: Why isn't "D. Hunter" in that group?

McCain-Feingold, Perscription Drug Benefit, No Child Left Behind to name a few.

[ThomasThomas]

After giving myself time to ponder this detail of the English language of which you so kindly pointed out to us, I have come to the conclusion that the fact that the apostrophe faces left is a plot by the left wing nut job English professors to brainwash young skulls full of mush and therefor I will from hence forth make all my apostrophes face right and only write in run on sentences!

[Allegra]

"Are you sure your a English major?"

This is getting funny.

Yep. I'm afraid that one cracked me up.

Gotta slip this in...no apostrophes for plurals. That is a particular pet peeve of mine. I don't see any violations on this thread, but I see that abomination all the time. ;-)

[sockmonkey]

They will pounce on this.

Ah yes, the ubiquitous they. I'm sure that everyone that sees that apostrophe will vote for Barack or Rudy now.

Heads should roll over this one..I think it's right up there with the Valerie Plame caper.

[paulat]

Hey, Allegra!!! Hope you are well!!

I knew you would see the humor in this...

...but it makes me wonder about a campaign that would screw up its logo....

[Allegra]

It is terrifying to me that I was the first person to see this....

You're right, though. I looked at it and it is annoying.

[festus]

Microsoft Word doesn't format apostrophes correctly unless

But it does courier superscripts quite well.

[JRios1968]

Well, Im stuned.

[JRios1968]

Good, we dont need no plural's...

[Allegra]

:-P

[paulat]

Well, Im stuned.

...seriesly...this is HUGH!!!

[dighton]

If theres one thing that chap’s my hide, its improper use or omission of apostrophe’s.

[Eagle Forgotten]

One other thought about quotations is that the quotation at the end of the sentence should include the final period. The example would be "2008 Fence Bill." If I'm wrong let me know. Thanks.

You're not wrong, but neither is Hunter. That one's a matter of style that can go either way.

By the way, paulat, I wasn't belittling your post by using the phrase "punctuation police". I intended it as a jocular reference. As shown by the rest of my post, I think that questions like the ones you and healy61 have raised are worth thinking about, even if they aren't quite at the forefront of the public debate.