Wednesday, May 21, 2008


There is a pronoun/antecedent agreement problem in this advertisement for Huntington Learning Center. (How ironic!) "Help your child get into the college of their dreams!" is wrong because "your child" is singular and "their" is plural. This could be corrected by changing "their" to "his or her."
I realize that it is obnoxious to say his/her rather than their. It is my humble opinion that eventually it will be acceptable to use their as a singular and plural, just as you can be singular or plural. I probably won't live long enough to see it, though.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Renewal

It should be RENEWAL. I am a bit irritated with myself for not being able to log into my account. It seems that I created a password at some point in the past. Now, I cannot remember it.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

I have not closely scoured this sign. I took this one at the zoo and immediately noticed that the author used "it's" when "its" would have been appropriate.

Thanks to Melissa for this one. (Now, Brett, it is time to stop laughing at her for so quickly alerting me to this gem.) I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment of the sign, but the correct spelling is A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Additionally, the author should have used "reigns" as opposed to "reins." At least, he/she did not use "rains."
Once again... the apostrophe-S ('s) does NOT a plural make. The apostrophes in this sign are wrong.