What’s on the iPod: Crazy Love by Poco Sign outside Molly Maguire’s on St. Paddy’s Day Just 363 days until St. Patrick’s Day…. not that I’m counting. I shouldn’t be. I behaved myself, but only barely. I made new friends I’ll probably never see again, especially one unforgettable woman: Pamela. She’s unforgettable because she introduced herself…
Tag: grammar
Typo and Grammar Gaffe Friday
Busy day yesterday. I started a website project in the morning, then put it aside to get a press release draft put together. But I watched myself drag my heels on that project. I wanted to get it done well and quickly, but I was tired. Once again, my thyroid hormone levels are down, so…
Grammar and Your Client
What’s on the iPod: Into the Mystic by Van Morrison After having more than two client interactions get heated over grammar and sentence structure, I was itching to hire some mensa-level kid-geek to plant a virus in every Word Grammar Check function in the country. I loathe that program and all it’s done to ruin…
Is Mediocrity the New Benchmark?
By now you know how much I hate a typo in a published work. Just visualize any scene involving Linda Blair and a spinning head – that’s me when I encounter the little devils. Typos online – in conversations such as these, there’s a level of forgiveness. But in books, magazines, advertisements, or anywhere a…
Grammar Nails on Chalkboard
I received a nice note from Jo Anne, who stopped by here last week. She’d read a post or two about grammar peeves, and she brought up one of her own – the misuse of the word “myself” in place of the word “me.” Example: “Jane and myself agree that proper grammar use is important.”…
Work is Happening
It’s happened – work has begun piling in right about the time I was thinking it would be nice to go fishing in Ontario. Yes, I just returned from a nice few days off. So what? I work my tail off the rest of the year and frankly, given my seniority at this job, I…
Phrases That Are Just Wrong
Oh, you know you’ve come across some client gaffes and junk mail phrases that crack you up. Come on – share them here. A few I’ve chuckled at: “Highly seasoned professional” – Unless you’re the main course or you’re currently covered in marjoram, please. Don’t. (Client’s resume line) “We’re better then the rest!” – Then…
Typos, Grammar Screw-ups, and Other Things that Tick Me Off
I was shopping at the mall with my daughter the other day when we saw it – a t-shirt that had an illustration of a trash can on it and a stick figure tossing something in the general direction of the can. The shirt read: “Put it in it’s place.” There I stood in the…
Answer Via Harbrace
Okay, so Devon was somewhat correct in her assessment of what was wrong with this sentence: “Injustice is easy to accept,” said the judge. “it is justice that is harder to accept.” The sentence could very well read “Injustice is easy to accept,” said the judge. “It is justice that is harder to accept.” However,…
Supposably Better Then Them GuysOne of my biggest peeves is the misuse of commonly used words. What irks me is the recent upward trend of the abuse. I’ve heard seemingly intelligent people spewing out (or writing out) misspellings left and right. Here’s my list, with the correct terms in parentheses. Feel free to add your…