All of which goes to explain why this ad for United Way - seen here in a quick and dirty snap of the back of a bus, but also used on billboards - bugs me.
WE RAISE IS EXPECTATIONS is not a grammatical sentence. What's more irritating is that it would have been so very simple to make everything work, just by making that "is" smaller (the same size as the other type), possibly moving it.Could be my inner proofreader is taking over my brain - but that ad just makes me cringe every time I see it.
Unless...
It's supposed to be in Lolcat! That's it. I CAN HAS CHARITYZ?
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funny lolcat! Boo United Way!
It does, of course, go without saying that my criticism of this ad campaign's graphics has nothing to do with whether United Way itself is a good or bad thing.
But it should be said that my disfavor of UW has nothing to do with this ad campaign's graphics. I perceive UW as a workplace fundraising bully which doesn't play nicely with non-UW charitable agencies.
Janet - You'll probably enjoy the note appended to the image at Flickr, in that case...
Is it possible that it's designed to be worded poorly to draw your attention to it? I mean it would be ironic to talk about raising expectations, while at the same time making something appear to be grammatically incorrect.
I think the point of the ad is not to make you realize that the United Way is trying to raise expectations, but to get you to talk about United Way.
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