Wal-Mart Sign

"Clearence" should be "clearance."

Benton Easter Celebration Finds

As a part of the Easter celebration in Benton, Arkansas, the kids got to take part in a Safari/scavenger hunt activity. The activity was fun, and it got parents into stores in the courthouse area. Imagine my delight to have found these 2 errors. I wasn't brave enough to photograph the prominent sign with the word categories misspelled. Notice in both pictures the improper use of "your." The writer/writers intended to say "you are," so the appropriate expression would have been "you're." Perhaps grammar usage is going to the dogs. ;) Additionally, "The" should not be capitalized, especially since "to" is not.

Are/Our-The Curse of the Southern Accent

Thanks to a new Facebook friend of mine for this picture. It is a bit ironic that in a plea for support for education the writer mistakenly used "ARE" instead of "OUR." Are is a verb, and our is a possessive pronoun. When speaking with a true Southern accent, they sound very similar. This is actually a very common mistake in my line of work. It appears that this is job security for English teachers all around the South. ;)

This sign is prominently displayed in the baby section at Wal-Mart. The colons are unnecessary.

The apostrophe is backwards.

Plane vs. Plain

Ha! Ha! This website says to take a "plane" piece of paper. I think the writer means a plain piece of paper, as in a piece of paper without lines--not a piece of paper related to an airplane.

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.