Friday, April 25th, 2008
COMMATOSE - I find it, particularly hilarious, that this Onion article, was posted, just days after, a heated debate about commas, on my blog. (Hat, tip: Ben K.)
Archive for the ‘Grammar Police on Patrol’ Category
COMMATOSE - I find it, particularly hilarious, that this Onion article, was posted, just days after, a heated debate about commas, on my blog. (Hat, tip: Ben K.)
This Week in Unnecessary Commas
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008If there's one place where you don't want to make stupid punctuation errors, it's in a full-page ad in the Sunday New York Times.
This Week in No, You’re Doing It Wrong
Friday, April 4th, 2008Lozo sent this to me, presumably because he can't use it on his own blog, since it has nothing to do with sports or the size of his dick. But here, it works just fine. Now, bask in the glory of knowing that the MTA isn't the only transit system whose incompetence ...
The Hours Suck, But It Pays Really, Really Well
Monday, March 24th, 2008Yet another amusing misspelling at a pizza shop on 14th Street: Sounds great! Sign me up! Whose inheritance do I get? Does it come in neatly stacked piles of bills?
This Week in Mind-Blowing Grammatical Errors
Monday, March 24th, 2008I spotted this gem of a sign yesterday on the door of the Duane Reade at 14th and 1st. Yes, folks... these are the people you trust to fill your prescriptions. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
This Week in Unnecessary Apostrophes
Thursday, March 20th, 2008I like soul food, but I do not like stupid punctuation errors. Sorry, no matter how good your chef is, you're still in need of a good proofreader... unless your restaurant is actually owned by a guy named Soul Fixin. If that's the case, I apologize.
This Week in Restaurant Misspellings
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008There appears to be a rash of misspellings outside East Village eateries. Just in the past two days, I've caught these two very obvious errors in my neighborhood. The top one is at a Middle Eastern & Indian take-out joint on 1st Avenue. It reads, "Wellcome in Medina Indian Food Lunch Special ...
This Week in Handwritten Misspellings
Monday, February 4th, 2008This sign comes from a storefront on 9th Avenue between 50th and 51st: It looks like the writer of this sign thought he spelled "coming" incorrectly, yet assumed he spelled "leave" perfectly. Fear not: some Grammar Hero must have come to the rescue on this sign... complete with unnecessary quotation marks!
Menu Items I Will Never Order
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008From the Westway Diner: If you're out of the Bisc, I'll have the Bouilla Base. And the Crem Brulay for dessert. And can you play some music off this Compact Disque? (Hat tip to longtime EVI fan Tyler)
This Week in Unnecessary Quotation Marks (and Periods!)
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Offender: A. friend's "landlord" in. "Williamsburg" Location: One "offending" sign. on "every single floor" of the building. At least it appears that he tried to put the period inside the quotation marks.
