[78-L] Grammatically incorrect^

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> Time to put a carat on this conversation because it has lo-o-o-o-ng since 
> gotten away from 78s.
> Just came back from the grocery store where I learned from the checker 
> that dozens of fully loaded shopping carts had been abandoned in the 
> aisles and the employees had to track them all down and return the 
> groceries to the shelves. Why? Apparently, the store's machine that 
> processes food stamps had broken down and they weren't taking any 
> payments. I asked the checker why customers abandoned their carts in the 
> aisles. She said that they didn't or couldn't read the note posted on the 
> front door to the store.
> On my way out, I saw the note, which read:
> "Due to technical problems, we will not be excepting food stamps today."
>
[sic?!] If so, some of the shoppers were probably confused as to how food 
stamps
could be "excepted"...from what or whom?! Others were most likely 
"functionally
illiterate," like all too many people in the 21st century...after all, one 
doesn't really
NEED to read to enjoy TV or the "bottom end" of the Internet,,,>!

Steven C. Barr