An advertisement in a restaurant 一家飯店門口的廣告：

    Please come in to eat or both of us will starve.

    進來吃飯吧，否則我們都要挨餓。

    Traffic slogans 交通宣傳標語：

    If you want to stay married, divorce speed.

    想和愛人牽手，就和超速分手。

    Don't let your kids drive if they are not old enough--or else they never will be…

    如果你的孩子不夠大就別讓他開車，否則他就可能再也長不大了……

    A US Marine Corps slogan for Anti-Terrorism 一條美國警方的反恐標語：

    It's God's responsibility to forgive the terrorists. It's our responsibility to arrange the meeting.

    寬恕恐怖主義分子是上帝的責任，安排他們和上帝見面則是我們的責任。

    A French training school in Germany 德國一家法語培訓學校的招生廣告：

    If you don't like the course, you can tell us to give your money back. But remember to tell us in French.

    如果你聽了一節課之后不喜歡這門課程，你可以要求退回學費，但必須用法語說。

    A warning on the fence of a forbidden area 一處禁地圍墻上的警示：

    No trespassing! Violators will be shot; survivors will be shot again.

    嚴禁擅闖！違者將被射殺；幸存者將被再次射殺。

    Notice at the wildlife park 野生動物園里的游客須知：

    Those who throw objects at crocodiles will be asked to retrive them.

    向鱷魚丟東西的人將被要求把東西取回。