Hi, fellow afficionadoes aficionados of good grammer grammar and speling spelling. Today the Grammar Cop takes a mini-holiday… from punctuation problems. She has other goodies (baddies?) to share with you.
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Friday Follies #56 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”
Happy Friday, dear readers! Today the Grammar Cop wishes to present a post which could also be called: Fear of Punctuation. Let us coin a word for this unfortunate affliction: punctuatophobia. The first gaffe is from the Montreal Gazette, which should know better. The last two are from our grammatically challenged local weekly, The Suburban.
Friday Follies #55 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”
Hi, grammar buffs! This week the Grammar Cop’s flashlight shines on several strange examples of wording – especially strange since they are all in a “Back to School” supplement of our infamous local weekly. I mean, they might be par for the course in the error-ridden Suburban, but in a supplement focusing on education… really?
Friday Follies #54 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”
Hi all! The Grammar Cop welcomes you back to another funfest of language errors.
Friday Follies #53 – 4 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Hi, fellow grammar grinches! This week the Grammar Cop presents an All-Suburban gaffe-fest! Yes, our local weekly, The Suburban, has outdone itself lately. Here are the offensive items.
Friday Follies #52 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Welcome to our 52nd edition of Friday Follies! The Grammar Cop is proud to have reached the cusp of a one-year milestone. But she is not proud that the longevity of this feature means that errors still abound! Ah, well. ‘Tis my lot to point out gaffes and make snarky remarks about them, I guess. So here we go once again.
Friday Follies #51 – Confusion reigns supreme, and makes me go “Arghhh”!
Welcome back, lovely people. Today the Grammar Cop wishes to air her frustration over certain repeated errors in the media. They (Note: “media” is plural!) should know better.
Friday Follies #50 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Happy July 29th, readers! Today we have two misspellings in the surnames of celebrities, no less, plus one error that makes the Grammar Cop really wince.
Friday Follies #49 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Hi, readers! This week’s batch features two from ‘Old Faithful,’ i.e., The Suburban, as well as one from The Washington Post. The Grammar Cop feels that the renowned Post should know better.
Friday Follies #48 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
The Grammar Cop’s collection of this week’s baddies includes one from a weird website and two from Column B. I mean, two from our indomitable weekly newspaper, The Suburban.
Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees 