tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47125465872523656312011-11-27T18:17:03.626-05:00Is grammar no longer taught in grammar school?Athenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16583232331514083893noreply@blogger.comBlogger651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712546587252365631.post-51868619306575568062011-07-07T17:47:00.000-04:002011-07-07T17:47:45.086-04:00

On a more recent note, this is from the debacle called the Casey Anthony Trial - better known as OJ #2 Trial. The media is so bent on being the first to show this and that and to overdramatize every bit of information that they forget to check what they've written. Or they are too dumb to even notice that something's wrong. I do remember way back when there was a car/truck vehicle that featured

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Wondering if the headline was actually written by someone from Mississippi. That would be SO perfect!

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This is hard to see, but a classic moose/mousse typo. From a very nice restaurant menu. Wonder if Natasha and Boris are behind this?

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I haven't been able to figure out exactly what they're trying to say here. Either it's gotten extremely windy across the midwest, or air travel just got a little dicier. Either way it's spelled wrong. Again, this is from a national 24 hour news channel. Do they not even care anymore? And this is why South Carolina has been stereotyped: This is from a local news channel. Perhaps their budget

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Haha! This is from a morning news show. We can take comfort in the fact that the hand is actually pointing out the error. ("Stupid interns! I would like everyone to know that I had NOTHING to do with this!") Oh, OK, it's Good Morning America. Get your sh** together GMA!

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It's so sad to keep getting these images from college campuses. Thanks again to Kristilyn again for this one. Perhaps we should go with the idea that the local businesses aren't run by students or graduates of the university. Sigh.

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Saw this today on the Book of Face: Free Flipping E-Course. Than Merrill breaks down 27 proven strategies he currently uses for flipping homes in today's market!Nothing I look forward to more THAN taking a course from someone who doesn't speak the language. I'm guessing that he didn't spend more THAN a few seconds writing his ad, thinking that it doesn't matter whether or not it's correct, as he

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Hmmmm. Mr. Keith J. Pierce - I suppose it's a good thing you decided to become an auctioneer and not an editor or an English teacher. Would that be the silver lining to this? Do we need a country-wide 12 step program for overuse of apostrophes? Could we lump in excessive quotation marks as well? And when did the word website become two?

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Forget for a moment that this man - this State Representative, mind you - is having trouble forming a complete sentence. Forget that he appears to be having trouble with the English language. Forget that he's making less sense than your average six year old child. If you can. How the Admiral kept a straight face through that is beyond me. I have to believe that the video is actually an internet

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Do they have spell checkers on sign-making machines? No? Well, they might want to think about adding that feature. This spelling (the word is supposed to be aquatic - just in case you're having trouble figuring it out) was on several new city signs installed a while back to help visitors find their way around town. Except I don't think anyone will be looking for an Aquaitc Center. They could end

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This sad note was discovered on a chair in a University classroom. Obviously the chair was not, at some prior point in time, loaded with cash. (Tell me you weren't thinking that!)  It does look like someone tried to correct the note by adding an 'n' to the word 'broke'. Thank goodness for that! Thanks to Kristilyn for her vigilant campus detective work!

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Spotted on the website for Bank of America. This is the problem with letting young texting fools run a website. In their world, if a word can be shortened, it is. And that (to them, at least), is the only way to spell. "What do you mean 'bank' has a 'k' at the end? It's not spelled 'banck'!"

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OK - time to get back to blogging. But I'm too lazy to upload the photos/examples, so today let's talk about celebrities making fools of themselves while murdering the English language - and having no idea that they are doing so. American Idol has started up again. Yes, I like to watch the early episodes not necessarily for the bad singers (because I know that the producers have pushed them

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Received this great photo all the way from Australia, from Eden. She says the owner of the shop saw her taking the picture, came out, looked at the sign, and then went back inside. The sign remained for another week. Guess it took him that long to figure out what was wrong. Or maybe it's a cafe on the waterfront, and he meant it was for boats - as in mooring? Either way he's got it wrong. One

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There is plenty missing from so many websites these days. Proper grammar, correct spelling, etc. Oh sure, you have cutting edge eye catching killer graphics, and a (possibly) very coveted domain name. But if you hire someone with poor language skills (skillz?) to manage your website, it will usually show. And not in a good way. You're = you are. The apostrophe stands for the missing letter (a,

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This bit of a menu mess (from a small cafe in Oklahoma) proves that just because you can't spell doesn't mean that you can't cook. The food was incredibly good - certainly not fancy or earth shattering, but just plain good. And reasonably priced. But the menu - oy vey what a mess! Fortunately, despite the mess, we were still able to choose our favorites and enjoy a wonderful family lunch. How

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A dilemma. Publicize the URL of this horrendous news site full of unbelievable writing and therefore giving it a boost in traffic (and hence, popularity and PR and success), or show you just one tiny example of the writing to enjoy, slack-jawed, as I did this morning. Hmmmm. Well, seeing as this blog has three readers on a good day, the URL shall be released. Promise not to tell the world,

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Kristilyn was shopping in Big Lots today (who doesn't love Big Lots?!) and noticed this brilliant piece of artwork. She didn't say how much it was. Big Lots usually stocks products that might have been oversupplied, or items that don't sell in the original stores. Sometimes (if you like treasure hunts), you can find brilliant buys on anything from children's toys to air filters.I wonder why this

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Time out. We interrupt this blog to bring you the second most evil problem corrupting the world (bad grammar and lack of correct spelling being the first). Stupid products for lazy people! This is getting out of hand. Case in point - first we had cookie dough in a tube. OK, that's understandable - not enough time to buy and mix up the ingredients (and it is oh so good straight from the tube).

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This one is near and dear to my heart because it evokes special memories of vacations past (passed? - not sure on that one). We used to go on our vacation with friends, and before we'd leave, my friend and I would create a grocery list. Each year, we'd go over the list and adjust accordingly, as kids tastes changed and our own fondness for "Mom Chocolate" grew. So one year, we're going over the

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Maybe the saying, "Blinded by anger" has something to it. It seems like so many signs posted by irate people have spelling errors or bad grammar. So if you are ever inclined to vent your anger on a sign for all the world to see - do yourself a favor and have someone - anyone - check it over first. Otherwise you end up looking like the stupid one. And we wouldn't want that.

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Walk-In. Interesting name for a store. I wonder what they sell there. Shoes? Must be shoes. What? Walk-in isn't the name of a store? Then what's this sign all about?OK I'm going to stop now before I say something that might get me into trouble.

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Kristilyn was watching Millionaire the other day and caught this one. This is a show based on knowledge and brains. And they can't check their own work before airing it?

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This just spotted on Google News:Thousands flock for 2d day to Kennedy wakeBoston Globe - Brian R. Ballou, Andrew Ryan - ‎28 minutes ago‎Thousands more people flocked again today to the Kennedy Library, with many coming before dawn to wait in a line two hours long to pay their respects to Senator Edward M. Kennedy.PROOF PROOF PROOF YOUR COPY!!!!It's not all about being first. Correct would be so

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LOGIN DETAILS Parent Assistant will not be available for the summer months. During this time, CMS will perform routine maintenance and upgrades to this application before it is restored on the afternoon of August 21th, 2009. My favorite errors are those I find in educational publications/communications. This was on a school system website recently. Possibly they need some assistance in how to

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Another good one from Chris! I don't know which station this is, but really - does it matter?

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I'm not sure what to say about this one. Exactly what kind of option does she want? Perhaps the option to learn how to spell?From an online newspaper, thanks to Chris!

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Just saw this on CBS.com:Building Rolls Over Mon Aug 03 07:02:55 PDT 2009 Caught On Tape: A building in Cankiri, Turkey fell over and rolled onto its roof, nearly missing surrounding buildings.Nearly missing surrounding buildings? You mean it didn't miss them and crashed into them? Hmm. Let's go to the videotape.[watching video]Nope. It clearly missed the surrounding buildings (which

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I was very sorry to read that poor Rudy apparently lost his job after receiving the award.This is from a company newsletter. I guess we can't expect them to be as dedicated and perfect as a professional newspaper - oh wait - the newspapers are no longer dedicated and professional. It should be easy to improve upon what I've seen published by the (ahem) professionals.I can't credit the submission

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This appeared on a piece of junk mail that we received the other day.Note that it is from a company that wants to help you fund your child's education.Apparently they were not able to fund their own education.The city is actually Charlotte, NC.

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And heads have been chopped off as well. It's not this woman's fault that the newspaper caption writer is an idiot. I'd say that it's the fault of the editor, but I truly believe that editors have gone the way of the dodo bird.And what? How can they leave us hanging like that? I have a right to know! Maybe it's a 'tune in tomorrow' type thing. Are cliff hangers now a daily feature to keep readers

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At a loss here. What can I say? It makes me afraid for my children and their children and the world in which they will all have to find a way to survive. Some day, in the not too distant future, world leaders will no longer have a clue about proper grammar. The President of the United States will appear to give a "Steak of the Onion" address. And then we will know. The end is near.Thanks to Terry

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Just a quick post.This is from a newsletter that comes from a very nice Country Club in the area. They were promoting a sale on golf shoes by FootJoy:In celebrating 20 years of the DryJoy, you are entitled to a $20 discount on the purchase of a near pair of DryJoys (excluding the MyJoys).I guess they were selling knockoffs?

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There's a columnist in the newspaper who writes about being a Mom to young children. Sometimes her column is very funny, and other times it misses the mark (in my opinion). Occasionally I will read her column and get a laugh or two. So, when I finally got around to reading Sunday's paper last night (I have an obsession with looking at every day's paper, even if it means reading it a few days late

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There is a new airline starting up. The target audience is your pet. That's right - your dog, or cat, or iguana (although for now I think they are limiting it to dogs and cats).My brother sent me the link to the site, so of course I had to poke around to see if it was for real. This is an airline that will fly ONLY pets. People are not allowed. They have a private jet that has been altered "for

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This is from the editorial page in the paper yesterday. The EDITORIAL page! I've never worked for a newspaper, but I've always suffered from the delusion that the editorial writers were the smartest and best that worked at the paper. I mean, anyone who can go on for paragraphs about world politics or other things that are over my head must be the smartest of the smart, right?How in the world of

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Melodie's wonderful husband took her on a lovely romantic getaway for Mother's Day. She spotted this sign while they were driving around. She only had a moment to react (hence the signpost in the way), so thanks, Melodie, for your quick reflexes!So I have to ask - depending on how your mind works - take time to thank our Mother's what, exactly? Just try and keep your mind out of the gutter on

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Courtesy of Kristilyn, this is a screenshot from a TV show she was watching about weddings. I sincerely hope that the invitations didn't say the date was May 24rd.Believe it or not, I come across this error fairly often. It usually occurs when someone is using a template for an event and changing the dates, times, etc.. Without giving a second thought to proofreading. And then publishing it for

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You might need to click the image to see it larger in order to read the fantastic copy. I thought about cropping it to show just the text, but that would have meant clipping off the fact that this appeared on Yahoo! News and was an official AP story (written, I assume, by an official AP writer).Unfortunately, a sad news story, but come on - razes? Seriously?Associated Press - now hiring

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When did red become unique enough to deserve quotation marks? Just can't find good help these days. *sigh*Thanks to Carly for this one.

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Found at one of those paint-it-yourself pottery studios:If I want to save the world - where should I put the paint? Apparently the waist is out. Maybe the hips? Does this mean I can't paint my body for football games? Some people suck all the fun out of life.

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Took a trip through South Carolina recently. It was a Spring Break time, so we kept to the back roads. Which turned out to be a bonus when we passed through small towns. First I saw the Wig's sign, so I did a quick U-turn, then turned down the side road to get the picture. U-turned again to get back on track, and while waiting at the stoplight, saw the restaurant sign. BINGO! The restaurant sign

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One of my favorite shows is The Biggest Loser. Love it. It's very empowering, and chock full of positive ideas. The contestants make such huge changes in their lives!So, we're watching the finale last week. Everyone has their fans/family in the live audience. So what would you do if you were going to be in a live studio audience? Make a sign, of course. A great BIG sign for all the world to see (

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(click the image if it is too small to read)and . . . spelling lessons maybe?I found this today when googling theaters. This particular theatre (note the 're' - that means it's high class) is located in a very affluent area, and it caters to independent films. A very nice place, actually. But look too deep and you discover that class has nothing to do with spelling ability.I'll give them a bit of

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Sign for a mandatory dorm meeting:Think about it. Go ahead - take your time.Do you think it would serve as a good excuse for missing the meeting? Just hand it in to the person in charge when you saunter in to their room the next day?

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Back before I started this blog, I used to drive family members crazy by sending them examples of poor grammar. One day I received an email newsletter from a local training center promoting an Olympic qualifying event. (Yes, this was a while ago - I no longer had it, but someone I know saves email for forever and forwarded it to me the other day.)Here is what appeared in the newsletter:

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Thanks to Kristilyn and Carly for catching this fine example of Southern writing. ExPress - does that mean if you used to work for the paper, please enter here? HA! Maybe that's where all of the proofreaders went! And by the way - no bags. If you are an old woman who's a little worse for the wear, you aren't allowed. Even if you did work for the paper.

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Whoa! They want HOW much for those potatoes?I wonder how much they wanted for the larger potatoes. I'm a fan of russets myself - it's a good thing - I couldn't afford those baby reds!As Chris, who sent this to me, said - "At $2.99 each they had better be the best veggies I have ever tasted!" I'll say.

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Oh my. Here's another one that is too much to show in a small photo - click on the picture to see a larger view.It's almost like a game - see how many errors you can spot! Count them out and leave a comment with your total. If there aren't enough for you to spend a few hours finding them, this is only one page from the menu. I'll see if I can get the other pages up later.I felt bad for the place;

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I was at a camera store the other day, using the ultra cool machine that prints digital photos. On the counter were samples of products that you can create with your photos - calendars, Christmas cards, books.And invitations.I'm guessing that the create-a-card machine lacks spell check. Which must also be lacking in the worker bees in the photo store.I'll admit, I make mistakes like this a lot.

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I don't really want to get into stereotypes - my mom always said, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." But seeing as I've already stomped on that and beat it with a stick in this blog, I may as well keep on going. Which causes me to wonder for a second - in reality, I'm actually trying to do a good thing with this blog. Pointing out grammatical errors can only help the

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I recently started reading a great blog about cake wrecks. Believe it or not, there are enough disasters in cake decorating to fill a whole blog and then some. Some are errors in spelling, or the decorator had trouble following directions, and others are just plain scary. But I started reading it and now I can't stop.So when my daughter (the one who led me to cake wrecks) was home over the

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So, if the newspapers have fired all of their editors, I thought at least the book publishers would still retain a few. After all - if you buy a manuscript, spend tons of money printing it and publicizing it, wouldn't you want it to be perfect?Writers write. They rely on editors to edit.I fear that all too soon we'll be reading books written in text-speak. Aauugghh!cn u imgne tht????? it wud be

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I got this one from my son who is currently studying in Prague, but finds time to stay in touch with the world via the internet.He was on espn.com and found this gem in a story about the Daytona 500:When Earnhardt was told of Vickers comments, he radioed to his spotter T.J. Majors to tell Vickers' spotter to deliver the message that if there was an issue, the racers could discuss it in the motor

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This is from a high school dive meet last weekend. A local high school was in charge of running the meet, providing concessions, tee-shirts, etc. I feel that if an event is in any way connected to the schools, it's that much more important to get it right. I realize that this was just a small sign, and all they wanted to do was to sell chicken sandwiches, but when you get the language wrong, it

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This photo comes courtesy of Lauren, who lives in Alabama. She promises many more examples to come. This sign is from a clothing resale store. No bears are involved.Now, if this sign were from the local zoo, or it was an adjunct to the ever popular Build-A-Bear chain, it might be a cute play on words.But it's not. It's just another case of someone not caring enough to check their spelling.At

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Received a spam email at the office today. Here is what it looked like:-----Original Message-----Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 1:50 PM Subject: have you been riped off file a rebuttal to explain your side of the story or do not let them getaway with this, you can also post who riped you off. go to I only changed the color of the text (red), and deleted contact information.I'm so glad that I

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Saw this menu a while back, before this blog existed. So I just happened (cough cough) to be there the other night and also just happened to have my camera with me. You'll have to click on the image to see a larger version with all of the apostrophes. I'm not sure how the menu creator interpreted the rule of apostrophe use. Maybe they weren't sure, so they just threw some random apostrophes in

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If anyone knows what this sign is trying to tell us, please let me know.I hope it makes sense to those it is intended for.Of course, the obvious is the added quotation marks, which are completely unnecessary.Funny thing is, I don't mind the use of the abbreviated word 'thru'.But the rest of it is a plain mess.Thanks again to Kristilyn.

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Not a clear photo, but you get the picture (pun intended). This is from a menu courtesy of Desi - thanks Desi! Desi told me about a great comeback yesterday. When someone says that they're done, she says, "People aren't done! Turkeys are done! You are finished!" Haha! I love that line! How is it that quotation marks have gained so much popularity recently? Do people think that if they add some

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This sign has been torturing Kristilyn for weeks as she waits in a bus stop. Maybe posting it here will help her deal with it! Looking for any one - not a specific one, apparently - who can draw. And possibly proof read? So many mistakes here. Let me see:1. The first sentence is poorly constructed. I'm not sure there is punctuation that will help it, if it is written as it is.2. Any one = anyone

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Subway is hiring.  Good pay.  Bonuses?  Maybe the good pay belongs to the bonuses themselves?No phone calls please - we don't want to have to explain who the bonuses belong to.While we're reading these ads - can we mention the overuse of the phrase, "looking for friendly, motivated, responsible team players"? Does that line come free with every want ad? It reminds me of single people who claim to

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So I finally get around to creating this blog on a Sunday. No posts, but I have a general idea, the concept, etc.Monday I go to the airport (oldest son was flying to Prague for a semester), and the first thing I see is this! And there I am with my camera (to document son's leaving)! The fates were with me for sure. This was meant to be - I've never been so excited to see an error before!Let me

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I swear this happened just days after the tittle incident. Like a rapidly spreading disease, spelling errors were appearing everywhere!There was the newscaster, trying to be serious, telling us all to be wary of an outbreak of Whooping Cough, and in the background, what you see here. I tell you, I feel like Rodney Dangerfield, "I don't get no respect!" And yes, if a news station - a trusted

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 blame it all on the tittles. Not that tittles are an actual thing, but hey, go with it. For years, I've harbored a not-so-secret grudge against the appalling lack of editors in the local paper, the overuse of "quotation" "marks", and other basic rules of grammar being continually abused and ignored. I've had enough. It's time to take  stand. I will shout out the errors to the world (or the few

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