In honour of the Bad Grammar awards, we asked readers to share examples of grammatical gaffes by institutions or people who should know better – and you sent in more than a few rogue apostrophes and a wide variety of other errors. Here is a selection of your contributions
Spotted at the University of Edinburgh, the Pleasance: If you are not Scottish, you might have thought the mistake was on the left side – but we learned that in Scotland "stance" doesn't only refer to a posture, but also to "a place where buses or taxis wait". However, have you taken a look at the inscription on the right? Photograph: Heather Johnson/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Heather Johnson/GuardianWitnessWhat's missing, a hyphen or a comma? Photograph: Ian Hart/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Ian Hart/GuardianWitnessNot just for Friday's what? "This effort by Tesco again. Stroud, Gloucestershire." Photograph: carnaptious99/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: GuardianWitnessThe London Cabinet Maker: "In King's Cross, London." Photograph: ferfcuksake/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: ferfcuksake/GuardianWitnessThey do what to the bacon? "City of Bath College." Photograph: MightyAntar/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: MightyAntar/GuardianWitnessWomen's health centre in Dublin 7: "I laugh whenever I walk past. They got the apostrophe correct but would you trust them with your helth?" Photograph: dannyboydublin/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: dannyboydublin/GuardianWitnessWe've listened to your feedback, but not looked. Photograph: Minky13/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Minky13/GuardianWitnessApostrophe misuse alive and well in Melbourne. Twice. Photograph: EmmaB/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: EmmaB/GuardianWitnessNatWest getting it wrong: "I have tweeted the screenshot to them a while ago, no changes made." Photograph: Kinga Pasko/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Kinga Pasko/GuardianWitnessBad grammar sours beverage: "Annoying on-counter ad for Vit Hit." Photograph: emmyemmylondon/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: emmyemmylondon/GuardianWitnessCineworld should, know, better: "Saw this advert in the Cineworld toilets. Bad enough place to be at the best of times without extraneous commas." Photograph: GabrielJS/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: GuardianWitness"A extraordinary taste sensation?" "Obviously it should be 'An extraordinary taste sensation'. I can't believe such an obvious mistake wasn't picked up by someone within the company (Collier's Powerful Welsh Cheddar)." Photograph: Sionyn/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Sionyn/GuardianWitnessApostrophe catastrophe at Tesco Bank: "Gloria, a glamorous marketing sign in the Tesco Bank Haymarket office, displays an appalling lack of grammar." Photograph: Ancridhe/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Ancridhe/GuardianWitnessMakers of (an admittedly great-tasting) breakfast muesli: "I pointed out this error to them ten years ago. The box is still in circulation. Accordingly, so is my grammatical wrath." Photograph: Lesedi Amore/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Lesedi Amore/GuardianWitnessSainsbury's Surprises: "A rare offender. Sainsbury's surprises with its apostrophe error." Photograph: Antoine Ó Fionnagáin Moreno/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Antoine Ó Fionnagáin Moreno/GuardianWitnessEveryday error every day: "In Poundland." Photograph: 8002575540/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: GuardianWitnessKentucky Fried Grammar: "Taken in Copenhagen." Photograph: HelenSB/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: HelenSB/GuardianWitnessIt's a good thing they are not giving out free grammar lessons: "Spotted in the local free Metro paper." Photograph: ID4788819/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: ID4788819/GuardianWitnessBuy one apostrophe and get one free? That's why it's redundant! "Whitehall (redundant apostrophe) Preserve Society!" Photograph: BountifulOne/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: BountifulOne/GuardianWitnessIs English grammar in the UK going to the dogs?: Discount cosmetics store somewhere in the South West of England Photograph: Catharegirl/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Catharegirl/GuardianWitnessHmmmm, are little boys really made "off"?! "Everybody is familiar with the nursery rhyme "slugs, snails and puppy dog tails, that's what little boys are made of", well that's everyone except Dunnes Stores in the UK who are the makers of this grammatically incorrect sleepsuit designed for babies." Photograph: suziestrawberry/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: suziestrawberry/GuardianWitnessLabel on M&S jeans, 2013: "I naturally returned the jeans to Marks and Spencer because they were of grammatically unacceptable quality." Photograph: richardthomson/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: richardthomson/GuardianWitnessJust the one picture. Photograph: Tara Barnett/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Tara Barnett/GuardianWitnessClassical mistake: "Escape door on bus in Nottingham." Photograph: Joanne Whetstone/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Joanne Whetstone/GuardianWitnessSurely the extra E would have fit. Photograph: Minky13/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Minky13/GuardianWitnessIf you must get a tattoo here, dont let them do word's: "Probably the owner's name is Mr. Tattoo, and this is Tattoo's Tattoo Parlour. That would explain it. I've always envied those people whose last names tell them what line of work to pursue." Photograph: tarian/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: tarian/GuardianWitness