When my friend Jodi first sent me this ad that she found in a budget travel magazine, I was certain that it was a your/you're error.
But now I'm wondering if the editors actually meant "find you are happy." Thoughts?
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Pennsylvania Apostrophe Catastrophe
But now I'm wondering if the editors actually meant "find you are happy." Thoughts?
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I actually thought it was supposed be be "Find your 'Happy'" as in come back to where you went to college and find your "Happy Place".
Sadly, this was a few years ago, before the unhappiness hit Happy Valley...
Either way it's awful grammar.
Considering the content afterwards lends to the likeliness of intended past-tense, it could be "Find you WERE happy..."
I live in Pennsylvania. I am familiar with the writing expertise of the natives. It is most assuredly an apostrophe catastrophe.
Lesson to be learned here: "Ask Mr. Sandusky for final approval before placing ad."
It may have been a grammar "save," since it's possible to say "find you are happy in Happy Valley," but we all know it's an unintentional save.
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