Grammar Giggle – Pastrami Rubben

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I saw this sign while waiting for lunch at a local eatery. This might have been a choice for me because I love a Reuben sandwich, but I’m not sure what makes it a Rubben sandwich, so I went with something else.

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Grammar Giggle – Louisnana

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I saw this on another proofreading page I follow on Facebook, but since it is related to the legal field, I had to use it! I did check online to make sure it was legit, and apparently the error first appeared in a subreddit after a Threads post included the picture of a ceremony installing the newest members of the Louisiana Bar Association and the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee. Whoops! As I say, proofread EVERYTHING! And if you send printing out, please carefully review the proof that they send you for approval before printing.

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Grammar Giggle – OcotberFest

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I’M BACK! With apologies for the very long delay in posting here, I’ve decided that not having a 9-5 regular schedule is not good for me and causes me to “later” every damn thing. But I’m going to try to get back on schedule with this blog. Thanks for the encouragement!

This was a local ad for an Oktoberfest event to be held on Ocotber 26. Since it’s the largest font on the page, it seems that someone should have noticed that.

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Grammar Giggle – Mac & Choose

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My sister sent me this from a website when she was researching potential food my husband (who is a sensitive celiac) could eat on a recent vacation we took together. She noticed this one offered “3-cheese mac & choose.” They obviously got it correct a few words before this obvious error, but because it is a “real” word, it doesn’t trigger spell check.

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Ask PTB – Drug Names–Caps or Not?

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A Proof That Blog reader asked this question:

“Hi Kathy! I need your help! Should I capitalize drug names in sentences: Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Marijuana? The officers write in lowercase but to me, it is a proper noun, so it should be capitalized. Thank you!”

The actual tradenames of drugs would be capitalized, i.e., ADVIL, which is the trademark owned by PF Consumer Healthcare 1 LLC for their ibuprofen tablets, is capitalized, but “ibuprofen” is not. Since “fentanyl” is the type of drug (a potent synthetic opioid) and not the tradename, it is not capitalized. The tradenames for fentanyl include Actiq, Fentora, and Duragesic, which would be capitalized.

The same is true of methamphetamine. The tradename for that is Desoxyn, so that tradename is capitalized, but the actual drug name “methamphetamine” is not. Marijuana is not a tradename, but is a type of “drug,” so it is not capitalized.

Basically, if it is not the registered tradename of the specific drug but is the type of drug (as it looks like your work would primarily be), it would not be capitalized.

I hope that helps!

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