Recent Posts Tagged With 'spelling'

• Work Menu Catastrophe

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 08:24 in spelling, apostrophe

  A friend of mine who prefers to remain nameless has been annoyed by the apostrophe catastrophes on the menus at her office for months now. I'm sure she's not the only one who is annoyed because she works at a publishing company! She writes, "A buildi...

• I Need to Recharge My Brain

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 15:34 in spelling, apostrophe

  Today's entry comes to us from a blog reader named Ramesh in Chennai, India. This is one of the worst multiple apostrophe catastrophes I've seen in a while. Readers, prepare yourself for the horror.The word "accessories" manages to remain free from s...

• Bonus Catastrophe!

  Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 11:17 in spelling, apostrophe

  For today's entry, we have a double whammy -- a spelling mistake and an apostrophe catastrophe. Before going to Santa Cruz, Cathy saw a listing for Chic's with Sticks and had to see it in person.Here it is in all its glory:Cathy says that, because of...

• I Don't Think You're Ready for These Jelly's

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 10:59 in spelling, apostrophe

  I bet the jams and jellies at this shop in Portland, Maine, are delicious, but the apostrophe catastrophes take away my appetite.Thanks to Norman for sending in this photo! ...

• A Regular Menace to Society

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 13:51 in spelling, apostrophe, your you're

  For the last time, readers, if you are going to get a tattoo, make sure someone proofreads the text before you get inked.Perhaps the tattooed dude was so upset about the punctuation errors and misspellings on his arm that he wrote the following mess...

• Unstoppably Bad Grammar

  Posted on Monday February 23rd, 2009 at 09:44 in period, spelling, spacing, apostrophe, hyphen, comma, subject-verb agreement, capitalization, your you're

  My friend/former co-worker Fiona sent me a link from one of the most poorly written web sites I've ever seen. Are you ready to be horrified?Two apostrophe catastrophes (three if you count "TV's" as a catastrophe -- depends on your style guide), rand...

• How Did This Person Get Into College?

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 12:37 in spelling, apostrophe

  Angela spotted this sign on the front doors of her on-campus apartment building:The sign features an apostrophe catastrophe and a misspelling! I'd be embarrassed if the person who wrote were my classmate. Maybe s/he cheated on the SATs. It reminds me...

• Who Is Lips Are These?

  Posted on Friday January 9th, 2009 at 09:43 in spelling, apostrophe

  That's what this ad that I saw on my Yahoo! mail says because it confuses who's and whose.Also, that border makes my eyes hurt. Oh, and these ads for free offers are always a scam. Don't fall for one....

• Phishing Scam Catastrophe

  Posted on Monday December 1st, 2008 at 11:05 in spelling, typo

  Sometimes phishing scam e-mails look pretty convincing, but I don't think very many people will be fooled when they get an e-mail from Bnak of America. See the "from" field in the above e-mail. Stupid criminals......

• I Need Some 222 After Reading This Sign

  Posted on Saturday November 29th, 2008 at 16:43 in spelling, apostrophe, comma, semicolon

  In Canada, 222 is slang for over-the-counter Tylenol with codeine. I think I need some after reading this sign, spotted in Stevenson, WA, by Amanda.We've got apostrophe catastrophes, misspellings, and a missing comma (or semicolon) after "Wednesday."...