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Does grammar delight you like it does me?

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AH HA HA!!! I think this is exactly why I love cakewrecks.com.

Also, I found a link that would be relevant to this thread. I posted it on several of my old colleagues who still work in news and would appreciate it.

BRB with that link.

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Grammar and punctuation mishaps on public signage actually fill me with rage and despair.

Yes, it delights me!

Sorry... I had to take care of some stuff while my copied link sat and waited for me to paste it in this thread.

Here it is:

Funniest News Freezes

Check out the captions. They're always funny. Okay, well there was only two misspellings (#14 & #18, in case you're wondering), but still... it's sort of related.

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Hahaha!

in china i saw LOTS of things written in english that was totally butched. like printed on packages or adverts. do they not have anyone in those companies who can proof-read?

My sister said they sometimes don't care what it says, same as we might put random Chinese words on our walls just because we like the look of them.
She has a bandanna that has the first few lines of the goldilocks story printed on it in horribly broken English. Once Upon A Three Bears.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/v...

There was a video posted recently on Grammar Girl of Donald Trump incorrectly correcting Cindi Lauper's grammar.
She said she felt bad about doing something, he told her she felt badly about it.

My post about Oklahoma weather reminded me of the way I always keep these things straight:
If you can substitute "sad" for "bad" in the sentence, it works: "I feel sad/bad about her broken leg"
it doesn't: "I feel sadly/badly about yesterday"

Mary wrote: "Grammar and punctuation mishaps on public signage actually fill me with rage and despair."

Me too, usually. My two biggest pet peeves are its/it's; and incorrect pronoun usage. ("It's time for Bob and I to leave.") I regret even typing that. I feel distressed now.

But quotes abuse like "ice & snow" I actually find funny. Malapropisms are funny.

Lobstergirl wrote: "Me too, usually. My two biggest pet peeves are its/it's; and incorrect pronoun usage. ("It's time for Bob and I to leave.") I regret even typing that. I feel distressed now.

But quotes abuse like "ice & snow" I actually find funny. Malapropisms are funny. "

Me and Bob "agree." :)

i was reviewing a paper yesterday which wasn't very well written or structured properly, but there were some funny parts about "advanced" speakers of a language, the "avant garde" and the financing of "literary activities". i wonder what "literary activities" writers engage in.

Our local paper had a feature today on the various graduating classes. I cringed when I read, "high paying jobs will be far and few between..."

Far and few between? What jackass editor missed that one? Grrrr.

Maybe they mean you have to travel out of town to get one?

check out Charles Harrington Elster if you like grammar and language

Phil wrote: "Our local paper had a feature today on the various graduating classes. I cringed when I read, "high paying jobs will be far and few between..."

Far and few between? What jackass editor missed tha..."


HAHAHHAHA oh loller.

The person who writes copy for Old Navy t-shirts has a pretty easy job. No puns, no of-the-moment cultural references, just a word about sports or summer, followed by a couple of exclamation points. It's hard to screw it up. But screw it up, someone did indeed.

Old Navy's grammar fail

But whats wrong with the shirt's?

Nothing's far as I can see.

It's free rein.

Not free reign.

Remember: horses. Reins. Give your horse free rein.