November 2019 – Proof That Blog

Grammar Giggle – Victim is Decreased

By [email protected] | November 18, 2019 - 1:13 PM |November 18, 2019 grammar giggles, legal assistant, legal proofreading, legal secretary, misspellings, paralegal, proofreading

Comments Off

This was from a Facebook group that someone sent to me. Again, it is spelled correctly for another word, but is not the correct word in this context.

Grammar Giggle – Accused Of With Murder

By [email protected] | November 15, 2019 - 6:15 AM |November 14, 2019 grammar giggles, legal assistant, legal proofreading, legal secretary, paralegal, proofreading

Comments Off

My daughter sent this one to me. It looks like they started writing a sentence, then decided to change it, but didn’t read it before publishing.

Grammar Giggle – I’m Pretty Sure This Isn’t From Apple

By [email protected] | November 11, 2019 - 6:15 AM |November 10, 2019 grammar giggles, legal assistant, legal proofreading, legal secretary, misspellings, paralegal, proofreading

I got this email recently. I, of course, checked the return address (which wasn’t Apple), but I already knew that because of all of the errors in one paragraph. It is pretty obviously either translated from a foreign language or a foreign country’s resident’s attempt at English. Whichever it was, I wasn’t fooled!

Grammar Giggle – Gryo, Gyro, Let’s Eat!

By [email protected] | November 8, 2019 - 7:05 AM |November 8, 2019 grammar giggles, legal assistant, legal proofreading, legal secretary, misspellings, paralegal, proofreading

Comments Off

This was in the information for one of our rotating restaurants in my office building. I guess one out of three is better than three strikes and you’re out!

Grammar Giggle – Yours, Your’s, and Mine!

By [email protected] | November 4, 2019 - 6:15 AM |November 3, 2019 apostrophes, grammar giggles, legal assistant, legal proofreading, legal secretary, paralegal, proofreading

Comments Off

This was from a local spot that I like to frequent with friends.

Grammar Giggle – Arizona, Arkansas, At Least They Both Start With “A”

By [email protected] | November 1, 2019 - 7:10 AM |November 1, 2019 grammar giggles, legal assistant, legal proofreading, legal secretary, paralegal, proofreading

Comments Off

Although I suppose this sweatshirt sentiment could be correct, I’m doubtful that there are that many Arkansas girls who love Arizona–although I am sure there are some who love flip flops and wine!