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.
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Friday Follies #19 – Four mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
The Grammar Cop is always alert to catch a variety of flubs – all things language-related, including misspellings, grammatical bloopers, homonym confusion and the like. I do not, however, bother with typos. All of us are guilty of those from time to time. Here’s a sampling of egregious errors from this week.
Friday Follies #18 – Three mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
The Grammar Cop didn’t have to travel very far this time to find the Language Crimes of the week. Fittingly, they occurred in our local weekly rag, er, newspaper. Truly, folks, proper language usage is languishing. Ahem.
Friday Follies #17 – Three mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
The Grammar Cop brings you three bloopers gleaned from two very different sources.
Friday Follies #16 – Some mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Presenting: a few “oopsies” caught by the Grammar Cop lately. Are you guilty of any of these?
Friday Follies (belated) #15 – Some mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
The Grammar Cop has returned fresh from the trenches of the media’s dictionary wars. I can tell you this – confusion runs rampant.
Friday Follies #14 – A bunch of mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
OK, the Grammar Cop is taking the easy way out tonight. This is guaranteed to make you go “arghhh” along with me!
Friday Follies #13 – A bunch of mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Hello friends! Today the Grammar Cop presents a mixed bag – all gleaned via the ubiquitous Internet. (“Ubiquitous” is one of my favourite words, along with “quintessential” and “scintillating.” Just sayin’.)
Friday Follies #12 – Three mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
The Grammar Cop has found a variety of errors for this week’s list. Check out these lovely lulus!
Friday Follies #11 – Three mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Hi fellow grammarphiles! Today the Grammar Cop has found two criminal newspaper ads, and one blooper from CNN.com. Wring your hands along with me…
Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees 