Apostrophe

Sign reads OPEN-7 DAY'S

A new restaurant has opened in St Andrews on College Street. I think it does Indian and fish food. Not “fish food”, like food that you give to fish, I mean seafood. You know what I mean …

I just hope that their food is better than their grasp of punctuation, as the sign outside reads:

OPEN-7 DAY’S

What’s with the apostrophe?! “Days” is plural not possessive!

And the dash before the seven? Does that mean: open minus seven days? What does that even mean? A restaurant for time-travellers?

The Apostrophe Protection Society should be informed.

Actually, thinking about it maybe the sign should just be corrected.

About Gareth J M Saunders

Hi, I'm Gareth J M Saunders, 38 years old, 6' 4", married to Jane, I'm a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church and have a passion for Mah Jong, Psion PDAs and web design. I am employed as the Assistant Information Architect / Web Manager at the University of St Andrews.
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