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Grammar Atrocities

My grammar is far from perfect. I'm sure I commit hundreds of errors every day, and although my spelling is quite good I do make the occasional mistake. However, the below are things that anger me. These actually produce a tangible reaction, varying from a sigh of disappointment to a red mist coupled with a murderous rampage.

Incidentally, this is aimed at being a chamber of horrors, not a school of English: I'm not going to provide answers.

Case 7: Holland & Barrett, Huntingdon Look, I don't want to seem like I'm carping on for the sake of it and being needlessly nitpicky, but perhaps before a major chain of stores posted signs in their stores they could ask themselves if they wanted to randomly capitalise words and consider if some more apostrophes would be nice.
Case 6: Eagle Heights, Shoreham Well, at least they're consistent.
Case 5: SLAM condom Random capitalisation, improper apostrophes, and an inability to spell "against". Yes, I'm really going to entrust you with my sexual health. Nice brand name, though.
Case 4: Cardiff Students' Union, Cardiff Top marks for at least making an effort with the possessive plurals, but you guys can do better.
Case 4: The Works bookstore, Camberley This place keeps me going. It's like a chamber of horrors, and the fact that they're a book store makes me giggle every time I approach the checkout. Wonderful.
Case 3: The Works bookstore, Camberley "Please ask for more details of our video's". Next to a display of Eats, Shoots and Leaves. I really wish I had a picture of that one.
Case 2: Sainsbury's, Canterbury Three words, two grammatical errors, one spelling mistake. Genius.
Case 1: A newsagent in Camberley Sadly this one vanished before I could get a picture of it. It read " Trade in you're old mobile phone here". Argh.