Saturday, December 07, 2013

Proofreader Needed

Loud Smoking Not Allowed



This sign implies that one can smoke loudly. Shhh! No loud smoking allowed. 
I could start another blog devoted entirely to these cartoons with witty statements on them. This one contains a more complex error than the errors I usually see on these. The correct way to write this would be as follows: I'm it's-8:30-and-you-wanna-start-a-movie-this-late-years old. 
Wanna is very informal, I know. 

Starbucks Sign

It should be ITS not it's. 

Santa Claus


It's CLAUS not  CLAUSE Tsk, tsk, Junior League. 

You Can't Make Children Plural

Children is the plural of child. When adding an -s to it, it must be to make it possessive, requiring an apostrophe. This sign was posted multiple places at Walgreens. 

Friday, December 06, 2013

Humanly/Humanely

Wow! According to this article, the dog died as a human. Surely, the author means this medication provided a humane expiration. This is from an online police report from Benton, Arkansas. 

Monday, December 02, 2013

Apostrophes Needed


Mens and Womens should be Men's and Women's. 



In the same store is an unnecessary apostrophe. 

Possession

Pssession does not posess a necessary -o. 

Thanksgiving

A comma should separate the day (Thursday and Friday) from the month (Nov.), but the most egregious error is the apostrophe marring the word Thanksgiving. 

Grammatically Incorrect Attempt at Political Correctness

The pronoun their is referring to the word sister. Sister is singular. Their is plural. They don't agree. Their should be her. 

Proofread Please!


The sentence, however, DOES end after disease; therefore, a period should follow the word disease. Many people would say that there should be a comma before too. 

Since the writer doesn't mean "at it is best," the apostrophe is incorrect and should written its. 

Sunday, December 01, 2013

Find/Fined


Thanks to an astute student for this one. The sign should read FINED instead of FIND. I would like to find $50 if my car is ever towed, though.