Background Check Records Exposed

As soon as I saw on the local news that over 800,000 people who have had a background check in the past 12 years in Arkansas may have had their information stolen, I followed the link, and my information is included in this security breach. To add insult to injury, there is a typo on the website. In the very first sentence, readers will note that the word "is" is unnecessary. Now, I am off to begin the saga of checking my credit report to make sure that my identity hasn't been stolen. Yeah!

The capitalization is weird in the words on the star. Why is the word meet capitalized? Also, "anyones" should be written "anyone's."

"Your child" is singular and "them" is plural. The most logical solution would be to use the singular form. The singular form of them is him or her.

A teacher friend brought me this mistake from the Saline Express. "Obove" should be "Above." Perhaps it marks a trend in our language to adjust words so as to make them more like the word "Obama." It's a language revolution!! Ha!

I circled 3 mistakes before I scanned this ad. First, "it's" does not need an apostrophe because the writer does not mean "it is" or "it has." Second, "slower" should be "more slowly." More slowly is the adverb form telling how it migrates. Migrates is a verb. Adverbs modify verbs. The third circled mistake, my favorite mistake in this ad, is the misuse of the word "lessons." This writer should have used "lessens."

MSN Mistake-Thanks, Dad!

It is nice to know that Whitney Houston made a "comback" instead of a "comeback." Thanks, Dad. This is a good one.

Cigarette Tax Ad

The indefinite pronoun "everyone" is singular. The possessive pronoun "their" is plural. The two pronouns do not agree. "Their" should be "his/her."

Giveaway

"Givaway" should be "giveaway." Why isn't interest capitalized when all the other words in that group are?

More Mistakes

"Vericose" should be "varicose."

The most glaring mistake is the apostrophe in the word "Tuesday's" and the apostrophe in "Saturday's." Because Tuesday nor Saturday does not own or possess anything, it should be written "Tuesdays" and "Saturdays."

Capitalization rules are a bit different in advertisements, but consistency is still important. The titles of the classes are sometimes capitalized in this ad and sometimes not. There is no good reason for this inconsistency. Also, the times are written as "pm" in one class, as "p" in the next class, and with no abbreviation in the last class.

Izzy's It's/Its Mistake

This is a terrible picture, but if you squint your eyes and cross them a bit, you will be able to see the mistake with the incorrect use of "it's." This writer did not mean "...gives the pizza it is unique... ." The correct word would be "its."
The picture is blurry because I had to take the picture really quickly before the waiter came to take our order. I think I embarrassed Jennifer when I slipped the camera out of my purse. Sorry, Jenn.

Its/It's

I circled the wrong use of "it's." This writer does not mean "it is" or "it has." The possessive pronoun "its" is correct.

This advertisement is from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. "Every Kroger Associate" is singular, so the appropriate pronoun referring to it would be "his or her" not "their."

I have seen this ad several times in the Tri-Lakes edition of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. It appears that someone from the business made this ad and did not have the newspaper make the ad. Two mistakes glare at me from the page. "Jewerly" should be "jewelry," and "consistantly" should be "consistently."

We Believe in Santa Claus(e)

This decorative Christmas shovel was on display in the lounge. Notice that "Clause" should be "Claus." I wonder how many people bought one of these. I suspect that the shovels were on sale because of the mistake.

This is a screen captured from the ipod Touch movie/advertisement. It is incorrect to use "funnest." I realize that this was a choice based on style rather than correct grammar. Thanks to some students for alerting me to this ad.