Location: Maryland Welcome Center, I-95 North
Picture taken: July 2007
Textual representation of image: “Thank you for not smoking. This is a smoke free building.”
I found this one on the way to New York for our annual anniversary vacation. I guess it goes without mentioning that I only noticed it on the way out of the rest room. It’s a good thing I wasn’t smoking! ;)
Oh, and a large “sorry, once again” goes out to the lady with leg braces that I accidentally blocked as I was snapping the shot. =(
The problem with the sign is that smoke-free should be hyphenated. The words smoke and free work together as a compound adjective modifying the word building. Without the apostrophe, I suppose it means you can get the smoke building for free! Or maybe the building is giving out free smoke…
Rule: Use a hyphen to connect two compound adjectives.
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