Possessive, Plural, and Consistency of Tense

Some of the errors are in the way words were spoken and some errors in the way words were written. Us should be use. Body's should be bodies. To maintain consistency of tense, the verbs in the second sentence should be are getting, are smuggling, and are completing. 

Singular/plural Disagreement

The first sentence should be corrected because the antecedent of the plural pronoun they is the singular antecedent student. They could be changed to he/she to correct the problem in agreement. The problem exists throughout the article. 

Plagued by Mistakes

Touting themselves as a news source, this group misspells the name Scott as Scoot while saying that Scoot will be honored with a plague instead of a plaque. If a plague is named for an officer, I bet people infected with the plague would not soon forget the officer. If the department gives him a plague, he probably won't feel honored. 

Past Participle

This should be written has been STRICKEN. 

Inconsistency and Error

My daughter found this one. (Imagine my delight!) She correctly identified the error: Men's and Women's are each plural and possessive while Children is merely plural. An -'s would correct this error. Good job, young padawan. 

Spelling

Headquaters should be headquarters. 

I've long thought the name of this establishment, Little Caesars, should contain an apostrophe (Little Caesar's) because the business isn't selling caesars. The name implies that a little caesar owns the place and makes the pizza, thus denoting ownership and needing an apostrophe. 

This sign was posted in Bryant, Arkansas. 

Farmer's

I assume that this sign is directly addressing farmers to inform them that this store has everything they need for plants and for animals. The quotation marks are unnecessary. Quotation marks do not add emphasis or show direct address. Additionally, the apostrophe is unnecessary because there is no possession nor is there a contraction. The sign should be written as follows: Farmers, everything for your plants and animals. 

Another possibility is that the sign means to say that this business, named Farmer's, has everything for your plants and animals. In this case, the quotation marks are still incorrect. 

As another issue, since the business caters to more than one farmer, the appropriate punctuation of the title should be Farmers'. On the business' website, the word is punctuated correctly. I did not take a picture of the sign on the side of the building that contained the same incorrect punctuation. 

http://farmersassociation.com/location.html

This sign from the same business fails to capitalize the name Dale. 

Split Infinitive

An infinitive is a verb form. In English, an infinitive is the word to plus a verb; to dance, to sing, to write, and to talk are examples. Generally, grammarians state that an infinitive should not be split. In other words, no word should be inserted between the two words of an infinitive. The other side of the argument is that this is just a stuffy, unnecessary rule influenced by languages such as Latin in which an infinitive is one word and cannot be split. I agree that there are times when splitting an infinitive is acceptable because the alternatives are awkward. In this instance, though, the word not could be moved before the infinitive. Rewording "to not disturb" to "not to disturb" is not awkward and follows the traditional rule. 

Cheap Grapes

Hurry to Atlanta, Texas, for grapes that cost less than one penny a pound.

Apostrophe Problems in Texas

No apostrophe necessary. 

Play a Role, Not a Roll

This is from a Bryant, Arkansas, news outlet. The word roll should be role. 

Pronoun/antecedent Agreement Error

The antecedent of the word their is 1. The number 1 is singular; therefore, any pronoun referring to 1 should also be singular. Their is plural and does not agree with its antecedent 1.

 Their should be his/her. 

Kids

No apostrophe is necessary in kids.  This one was outside El Patron in Benton, Arkansas. 

Apostrophe, Apostrophe, Why Have They Abandoned You?

There should be an apostrophe in womens. The word women is plural. The -s shows possession, thus requiring an apostrophe. This one is from Benton, Arkansas. 

Poetry Creator App Struggles to Create Grammatically Correct Sentences and Contractions

The first full sentence on this screen should read, "Don't worry if you're sharing a poem. The words in your drawer itself... ."

Write APART Apart

Oddly enough, when you intend to say someone or something is joined with something, you should write a part as two separate words. When you intend to say that someone or something is separate, you should write apart as one word. Wal-Mart in Benton, Arkansas, got it wrong. 

Cheap Pizza!

When one writes $.99, this means 99 parts out of 100 parts of a dollar. We say it, "99 cents." When one writes .99 followed by the cent sign that I cannot find on my phone, one has written that the price for said product is almost one cent or 99 parts out of 100 parts of a cent. Good luck getting that cheap piece of pizza at Big Red on Reynolds in Bryant, Arkansas.

Congratulations!

I know they're grads, but we should congratulate them. 

Wal-Mart's Tire Center

It was the unnecessary apostrophe that first piqued my interest. I stealthily snapped the picture, and once returning home, I noticed two other errors. Purchase should not be spelled with a second c. Hazzard is the name of the county in which The Dukes of Hazzard is set. The correct spelling of this use is hazard. 

This gem is from the Wal-Mart in Bryant, Arkansas. 

Lightening/lightning

Lightening means to make something lighter in color. Lightning is that streak of electricity during a storm. This was broadcast on Channel 11 KTHV out of Little Rock. 

Pesky Prepositional Phrases Between the Subject and the Verb

The subject of the first sentence is accusations. The subject is separated from the verb has by three prepositional phrases. Once the prepositional phrases are removed, readers can more clearly see that the subject accusations should be paired with the verb have. 

Disdain

Lectures are disdained, not distained.