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Flash! Aaaaahhhhh!
Flash! Aaaaahhhhh!, originally uploaded by GrammarBlog. Look closely at this message from Adobe advising me to download the newest flash player. "We have detected that your missing or need ...
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 ...
Setting the adjenda
Thanks to Allison for sending in this screengrab of an email she received from Staples stationers. Setting the adjenda, originally uploaded by GrammarBlog. Maybe the 'adjenda' for the next marketing department meeting ...
Wet your appetite
malaproprism, originally uploaded by livhouse, the paronomeister™. I can't decide ...
Through and Thru
Is anyone else really sick of seeing the word 'Thru'? Of all the various inane marketing spellings it's the one that winds me up the most. I'm not ...
P-p-p pick up a punctuation guide
Izzy was less than impressed when she noticed an error on the wrapper of her P-p-p-penguin."What ...
More or less?
Martin has been in touch by email to submit this wonderful example of a shop getting it completely wrong.Martin writes, Even a major ...
Ski’s, boots and goggles
Ade is the name of the loyal grammar soldier who submitted this picture of a renegade apostrophe. Ade writes:I spotted thi's s'hocker the other day while I wa's on the tube: ...
Grammar abuse in signage - part 9
"Brew" Ridge, originally uploaded by DiegoLuego. This one has everything....
Madrid: Rid Mad Commas Please,
This is the front of a high street fashion shop on the Gran Via, Madrid:The title amused me enough, the erroneous comma even more so. Add in the lower case ...
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