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Monday, July 16, 2018

Sometimes It's a Grammar Fail Day: Part 2

     It's been two years to the day since I last wrote about widely published grammar fails. It's time for the 2018 edition of glaring grammar errors. As a professional proofreader, it's my sworn duty to call these errors out. Most of these are simple usage errors or some choice spellings that don't appear in any dictionary I have at home.     

7. Social Media Fail                                                                     
It's easy to make a grammar error when you're typing condolences in 120 characters or less, and my fellow BSB fans are not shy about pointing it out. In any case, confusing two versions of a word, morning vs. mourning is a pretty tame and forgivable grammar fail. It was best put by fan @GraceJoy1328 that in a time of loss, word usage errors are not too bad. 

6. Tentative Weather
Normally weather forecasts are given in ranges. Sometimes those ranges get a little vague. More than once this year, the range has just been 'a lot of snow.' 
Check out this drastic difference of snow totals in a warning from The Weather Channel in February. 
It could be 6 to 12 inches, expect in the spot that's going to get 10 to 15 inches. When we're talking about a half a foot's difference of snowfall, this is the difference between one snow day and not leaving your house for the weekend.  


5. Cable News Scroll Grammar Error
FOX News (a.k.a. America's News HQ) wasted no time getting the story out. In their hast, the screen card spelled out "Admists" instead of "admit." This is not really appropriate grammar for anyone. Someone tried to make the verb "admit" both active and plural, which would need to be 'admits,'. They also used a totally creative and "fake news" way of spelling, which is incorrect.



4. Store Sign
On a winter trip to my favorite miscellaneous shopping experience, Ocean State Job Lot, I noticed a sign with a choice spelling for 'hoodie.' When last I checked, hoodie is the singular spelling, and when it goes plural, it's hoodies. A simple Google before printing the store signage can save a lot of face. 






3. Doctor's Office Spelling 
When making an appointment for an allergy shot on my ENT's app, I did a double take. I kept trying to figure out who the 'eshtablished' patients here. There is one letter added to the word that makes no sense, and I keep wondering if 'eshtablished' patients are better than established ones. Maybe they get all of the early morning and late night slots before they will become available? In any case, I'll be booking by location tonight. 



2. Newsletter Nightmare
It's easy to confuse two similar words when you type as fast as I do. It's quite embarrassing to have a link to a nutritional article about dairy (with a cow pictured) and to find out this piece is about "diary??" Clearly, these two common words can be swapped easily, but they have nothing in common. 





1. Headline Homicide
I did a double take last week when I read this latest development in the fragile relationship of comedian Pete Davidson and singer Ariana Grande. Not only are the pair shockingly engaged after one month of dating, but then Pete died??? What a tragedy...
Here is another classic version of using the wrong word drastically changing the meaning of the sentence, for the worst. When someone DYES something, they add color to it, but when they DIE, they are not living (or playing an elaborate casino game). 

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

A Note: NoEvil News August 9 - August 23

7. ABC new home to empowered women!
I can't disagree with one speck of this article. ABC's all about the alpha females now.

6. New Baby Lily on Modern Family.
Let's hope she keeps those adorable "what are you doing?" expressions the original twins that played Lily mastered so well.

5. Bridget Jones III!

I love this franchise like nothing else. The plot line seems a bit weak , but I've give anything to see Hugh Grant and Colin Firth wrestle in a fountain again.

4. Ashton Brings DMV to TruTv.

It's like Punked, except at the front of the line, they tell you to come back after lunch. Unfortunately, this show will probably be on opposite my favorite car reality show, Parking Wars.

3. Kim Kardashian Got Married and Spent a Lot of Money
Ah, wedded bliss! Second wedding's the charm. And she only spend $150,000 on the dress, that's nothing compared to the amount she could spend on a future divorce.

2. Earthquake felt "all over east coast."
Apparently I'm the only person the east coast that didn't feel it. Good thing CNN is checking Twitter to survey the damage.

1. Anne Hathaway busts a gangsta rap on Conan.

Saw it live. Loved it. Also enjoyed Anne explaining to Conan about "ba-donk-a-donk."