Abuse in Signage, Apostrophe Abuse, Punctuation
One for the ladie’s
One for the ladie's, originally uploaded by GrammarBlog. We don't usually pick on punctuation miscreants in cases where the offender is not a native English speaker. The French are ...
An Unfornate Postition
My job sometimes requires me to conduct job interviews. This means that, as part of the process of recruiting new staff, I frequently have to deal with recruitment agencies. Now we must be clear on one thing: this blog is not the place for me to rant about the efficacy, diligence, ...
You talkin’ to me?
Do people think it's cute, or funny, or friendly? Well it's not; it's confusing. The fact that this particular sign is all in capitals and has no full-stops makes it appear that this sign, when personified, is shouting a garblednonsensical diatribe. The "homeless-drunk-at-the-bus-stop" persona is galvanized by the not-so-veiled threat ...
Revel revel, your copy’s a mess.
New reader Luke has dropped us an email. "I've spotted at least three errors on the new share size packets of Revels with the new flavour. I notice a missing period, teeth-grinding misuse of the word 'lose' and the word 'limited' misspelled.Needless to say, an email to Mars' customer service department ...
I do exclaim!
The overuse and misuse of exclamation marks has been previously discussed with enthusiasm and significant literary skill by Dan. When I saw this slice of crazy in our flickr group I just had to share it....
Goodnight lady’s
When I see children's clothing adorned with phrases from the world of adults, I always feel slightly sick. Especially when the spelling and grammar are bad.But I'm in two minds about this one. ...
Think twice before “filling” your tank
It's not just the astronomical oh-my-God-let's-get-hysterical-about-this-good-and-proper fuel prices that are vexing drivers on our petrol station forecourts at the moment. There is a far greater menace to be found in the form of these "unnecessary quotation marks" I discovered at a Texaco garage, just prior to emptying the contents of ...
Electronic’S - R - US
Electronic'S - R - US, originally uploaded by Dan of Future's Past. ...
Comma, comma, comma, comma chameleon
Why is this so hard for you?, originally uploaded by vebelfetzer. ...
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