We’ve now reached the halfway point in our February Friday Follies! Today the Grammar Cop features two print errors and a lovely (read: dumb) verbal boo-boo on the part of a Republican presidential-race contender.
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Friday Follies #26 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Welcome back, Folly-ites! Here are the Grammar Cop’s picks o’ the week.
Friday Follies #25 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Hi all! Here is this week’s mini-roundup of gaffes as collected by your servant, the ever-humble Grammar Cop Extraordinaire.
Why you shouldn’t choose a book publisher via Craigslist
Feast your eyes, people!
Friday Follies #24 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
(YES I’m early!) I don’t know about you, but the Grammar Cop has lately been noticing a drastic increase in wrong-wordism. (Look, I’m sure there’s an actual term for that, but this G.C. never claimed to have a PhD in Pedantics.)
Friday Follies #23 – 4 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
This week the Grammar Cop spent some time pondering why it is that ethnic-type restaurants refuse to hire proofreaders for their menus.
Friday Follies #22 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Okay! The Grammar Cop is back from her holidays and has nailed three spelling infractions. Here they are for your reading pleasure!
My 100th post and beyond…
My last post was my 100th, since the end of June ’15 when I started this blog. Not too shabby, I think – considering I had all but stopped writing, in favour of the drudge (easier?) work of proofing and editing the words of others. But somehow I got the bug to give it a go again.
Friday Follies #21 – 10 New Year’s Resolutions for the Grammatically Challenged
First of all, to everyone:
HAPPY NEW YEAR – MAY IT BE SWEET, SMART AND SAFE!
(and free of alliterative bloggers!)
And now…
10 Resolutions for the Grammatically Challenged
Friday Follies #20 – a bunch of mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Further to my December 21st post on dating for the age-impaired, I thought I would point out some of the little gaffes that abound in the profiles I’ve been scanning lately. (Hope springs eternal!) These are direct quotes, copied and pasted – followed of course by my snarky comments in brackets.
Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees 