Monday, February 16, 2015

Mis-tweet

Traskwood and Plumerville constitute a plural subject; therefore, the sentence should be "Traskwood and Plumerville are seeing some sleet." Note the spelling errors. 

KTHV11 Needs a Proofreader

"Fire space" should be FIREPLACE. 
"Cock" should be CAULK. 
Not only do these errors reflect poor grammar, but also they reflect poor pronunciation. 

I Seen a Problem😜

I'd rather punch someone for saying "you seen." I'm not going to detail the error in verb tense or the misuse of "driving."

Fox16 Needs a Proofreader

Is there not even a spell-check program at the studio?

Apostrophe

There's a missing apostrophe in "dont."

Disagreement

I found this one in the women's bathroom at Wal-Mart.  This sign does not agree in number since  "a person" is singular and "their" is plural. 

Robery?

It's ROBBERY. 

You/your

"You purchases" should be YOUR PURCHASES. 

Your Grammar Isn't Above Your Age


Go ahead and stay in until you add an apostrophe in the contraction and spell temperature correctly. 


Splitting Infinitives

 

I know there's much debate as to whether or not it is acceptable to split an infinitive. Some say it's an archaic rule rooted in the fact that many languages have one-word infinitives; therefore, it is impossible to split those infinitives. There are instances where avoiding the split infinitive sounds awkward. In this situation, saying that he is paid "not to cry" would not sound awkward. For this reason, avoiding the split infinitive seems preferable. 

Appositive

There should be a comma after the appositive to set it apart from the rest of the sentence. 


Sunday, February 01, 2015

Disagreement

"Your child" is singular. "They're" is plural. These should agree since one refers to the other. 


Saturday, January 17, 2015

Choose Wisely

I'm not going to explain the ellipsis error since there seems to exist an informal use of the ellipsis. The author of this sign should have chosen more than just words wisely. The apostrophe is unnecessary and wrong.