November 2008
New & Improved
It's new, it's shiny, it's fantastic and it's not entirely bug-free. Welcome to GrammarBlog v2; thanks for stopping by. If you're a regular reader, you've probably noticed that it's been a little quiet at GrammarBlog towers recently; we've all been very busy, and v2 is one of the reasons. As ...
Less Mistakes Please
Don't major TV networks have resident grammar checkers? They should. Nancy Burke writes: Has no one else written about the ear-shattering mistake on the TNT Network? On their Movie promos they say: "More Movies, LESS commercials". It feels like fingernails on the blackboard to me. Of course it should ...
Showen Tell
I do enjoy it when a spelling error appears to be the product of a regional accent...
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