April 2008
Pheonix Way
That would be 'Phoenix' then. pheonix, originally uploaded by jhcl+. This road can ...
The Impotence of Proofreading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjhOBiSk8Gg A poem by Taylor Mali.
London, bloody London
London is many things to me: it's a place I can visit to have my identity as a northerner emphatically reaffirmed; it's a place I associate with Wembley heartbreak; and now, it's my number one grammar tourism hotspot.During my visit of one week ago, I clapped ...
It doensn’t matter
Corey found the following typo in a Hallmark card he bought. Not content with sending the typo to us, he confronted Hallmark directly via the modern communication channel of email. Luckily for us, he sent a ...
"This" is "just" "ridiculous"
IMG_6492, originally uploaded by bblivit. Our Twitter friend Laura K ...
The choise is yours
Sent in by my girlfriend, Natalie. After despairing of my pedantry for so long, she now seems to be taking the if-you-can't-beat-them approach. Anyone for MIX salad? ...
Guilty Secrets
Despite being, as some would have it, an overly-picky grammar snob, I have to confess to several compulsions that frequently make me out to be a hypocrite. These guilty secrets are either mistakes that I have to take real care to avoid or perceived errors that I don't see any ...
Punctuation Police
This isn't helpful or informative. It did, however, make me laugh until coffee came out of my right nostril.
You want me to take my shirt off?
Our pal Jason's written in again to tell us about this confusing sign. I don't know where to begin. This could mean that shirts, pets, shoes and service are all forbidden on the premises. Or perhaps pets are mandatory. Who wears ...
‘TAKE’, control
There is no excuse!, originally uploaded by incurable_hippie. I find ...
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