I love language; most of all I enjoy fine-tuning it for the sake of clarity.
Most languages can be fairly flexible in the was they are put together but English is strongly dependent on word positioning to clarify the meaning. Earlier this week, walking around a local supermarket I came across some plastic inflatable cushions, bearing the legend: "Inflatable cat island". I continued to wander as I pondered why it was that the Creator, in His infinite wisdom had never, so far as I know, designed an inflatable cat.
Determining that I should leave the store as soon as possible, as more and more signs were annoying my sensibilities, I was soon finished and at the till-point, where I read the following:
"If you appear to be under 25 years of age, we may check that you are over 18."
I managed to leave the store without screaming or crying, but had to sit quietly in my car for five minutes, before I dared drive into the town traffic.