Why are grocery stores using ungrammatical signage?

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[匿名]

2013-11-10 8:31 pm

In recent years I have noticed that stores are labeling their aisles with ungrammatical signs that say things like: Can Soup, Slice Cheese, etc. It makes me think the producers of the signs must come from some foreign country where English is a second language. Do they not understand that the container for the soup is a can, Once you put the soup in the can it becomes canned soup? It is canned soup that we go to the grocery to purchase. Why has this backward way of expressing an obvious error become accepted? Any ideas?

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Domenico, I am concerned about the dumbing-down of America. As we continue to lower our expectations of academic excellence, English usage, and educational requirements we move closer to becoming a nation of illiterates. ThinLizzy, In the stores I frequent these are commonly seen signs. Sad!

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Right on Mark! I still do wonder if the signs come from China or somewhere other than the U.S.A.

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Mark

2013-11-10 8:40 pm

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Because the same people who infest the Internet (you know, the people who write "make an amends", "why are people so bias?, or "he's so prude") also get hired by stores to do their graphic arts. Speaking of which, I'm almost completely convinced that a lot of people who speak English as a second (or thrid, or fourth) language and own restaurants PURPOSELY use bad grammar to "give their restaurant a more authentic feel". (The biggie is writing on the menu "steam rice" as opposed to "steamED rice".) Also, it's quite possible that people in grocery stores run things through a spell checker but not a grammar checker, and since none of the words are actually SPELLED wrong, the spellchecker won't find any errors.

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[匿名]

2013-11-10 8:36 pm

Abbreviation maybe.

This seems like an incredibly trivial thing to worry about though, doesn't it?

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