Fresh Squeesed Lemonade

Thanks to Erin and Dad for this one from Augusta Days in Augusta, Arkansas. It should be SQUEEZED. How do professionally-made signs such as these make it to production? I do love the lemonade from Augusta Days vendors. Mmmmm!

Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

The paragraph beginning, "We're examining any implications..." has a pronoun/antecedent agreement problem. "No law-abiding person" is singular, and "be they" is plural. This could be corrected by saying, "be he/she" or by changing the first part to "No law-abiding people."
I see some other agreement problems...but that is for another blog...

Sink-sank-sunk

It is incorrect to use sunk without a helping verb such as has, have, or had. This sentence should read, "Bart dives into the ocean to retrieve food that was left in the bus after it sank." Yes, memorizing the irregular verb chart DID help me.

Peddle/pedal

Two problems exist with the description of this episode. "Peddle" should be "pedal." Peddle means to sell something. A pedal is something you could use to stop a bus. A second error is in the use of the word "with." I am not sure of the meaning since I have not seen this episode. Depending upon the meaning, either "with" should be omitted or the sentence should be rewritten so that the object of the preposition "with" follows the preposition "with." For example, "The kids cause an accident after a fruit with which they were racing gets caught under the brake pedal."

Spred/Spread

It should be garlic spread, not garlic spred. This stuff was disgusting. As I was throwing it in the trash, I noticed the mistake. I almost missed what little value this stuff had.

Searcy

Imagine my delight when my first-grader bounded out of school telling me that she had found a mistake for my blog. I must confess that I was a bit skeptical that she had really found a mistake. As you can see, she tried to correct it. It is hard to see it in this picture, but Searcy is incorrectly spelled "Searcoy." She wasn't quite sure how to fix it, but she knew that it was wrong. Atta, girl!! This is a social studies leaflet.

The Incontinence Inconvenience

A Facebook friend posted this sign he found at a Popeye's restaurant. He said that he went inside and didn't see any urine. (Maybe this writer didn't mean urinary incontinence.) I think the writer intended to use the word inconvenience. Improper capitalization plagues this sign, as well. Lobby, per, drive-thru, and working should not be capitalized. "Drive Thru" should be hyphenated since the two words are working as one. Informally speaking, thru is accepted when paired with drive, as in drive-thru, but our language has not yet deteriorated to the point that "thru" can be used instead of "through" when used as an adverb.

Riverfeist/Riverfest

It is Riverfest, not Riverfeist. Thanks, Melissa.