You’re getting married to a horse?

Spelling, wrong word
Posted by Gez on 15th June, 2010

To avoid embarrassment and accidentally insulting the blushing bride to be, it is important to understand the difference between bridal and bridle.

bridal.bridle

He should be careful, I hear she kicks like a mule.

Also, writing the whole invitation in inconsistent Title Case makes it hard to read. I particularly hate the following “sentence”.

And put, Aprils Name on it.

Shall we count the errors together? Fragment, unnecessary capitalisation, unnecessary comma, missing possessive apostrophe; I make that four errors in six words. Not bad!

Thanks to Alison for pointing this photo out to us. For more wedding-related fun, have a rummage around wedinator.com.

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The Daily Mail is corrupting our children!

Miscellaneous
Posted by Gez on 4th June, 2010

What would Diana say?

Daily Mail: Apostrophe Fail, originally uploaded by Clive Andrews.

Do they not know that the misuse of apostrophes may lead to cancer?

While I’m bashing that horrid rag, I’d like to show you this video from the wonderful Dan and Dan.

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All part of the servis

Abuse in Signage, Spelling
Posted by Paddy on 29th May, 2010

It’s always a delight when an establishment is unswervingly dedicated to getting things wrong.

Further to a previous post about rampant quotation mark abuse at a Nottingham furniture shop, GrammarBlog’s Nottingham correspondent Samantha Moran has spotted another case of WRONG at the very same shop.

deliveryservis

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21st May, 2010

Undeniably indelible

Seen on the ever brilliant Failblog. My finding of this picture (yep, that was a gerund correctly preceded by the genitive pronoun, thanks ...

Photos, Spelling, Typos
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7th May, 2010

Indefinate Delay

Indefinate, originally uploaded by ...

Spelling, tv
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7th May, 2010

Inglourious Grammar Nazi Basterds

How could I not post this? Glourious [sic].

grammar
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3rd May, 2010

Drinking in the old fashion days

On a recent visit to Bristol, I was enthralled to stumble across an 'old fashion pub' for the first time. You would be forgiven for thinking an establishment called Seamus O'donnells (lower case 'd', no apostrophe -'s') ...

Abuse in Signage, Spelling
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