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I can’t fault the logic…
I can't fault the logic..., originally uploaded by GrammarBlog. ...but this is still several kinds of wrong. This was sent in by Clive Young who spotted the sign at ...
One of the best of mother’s
Atrocious apostrophe carved in stone, originally uploaded by melita_dennett. Shut your mouth!
Gordon Brown: texture like sun
Thanks must go to the spiffing chaps of the Rissington podcast for pointing me in the direction of Speak you're Branes.The premise behind the blog is wonderful in its simplicity. The BBC website allows members of the public to comment on selected stories in a dedicated ...
The holy Coren
This quite magnificent email was sent by British restaurant critic Giles Coren to the newspaper he writes for. It doesn’t seem in the least petty to me.[In a highly satirical editor's note that will no doubt leave Dan foaming at the mouth, Coren-style mad, I'd like ...
Not a trifling matter
Passive Aggressive Notes is one of my favourite blogs. A major reason for this is the frequent mangling of the English language by disgruntled passive-aggressors. Below is one of my favourite entries from October of last year. ...
Bog basics
Public toilets may well be the sordid stomping ground of sexual predators, but that's no excuse for bad grammar.Brian De Groodt, who found us via our mention in the Wall Street Journal, ...
Unelectable
When people speak of unelectable leaders or political parties, many refer to Michael Foot’s Labour Party and its relatively sensible manifesto for the 1983 UK general election. But from now on, whenever I think about what might make someone unelectable, I will think of this monstrosity: ...
Delicattesen
Sign of failure, originally uploaded by emmastory. Here we have another missing accent combined with a superfluous ...
Caf’e Rio
I'm not sure what to make of this. Haven't the proprietors done their market research?Thanks to Andrew Green
Dearly Beloved
Dan's Stag, originally uploaded by Gez D. This angry young man is GrammarBlog's very own Dan. He's ...
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