This was in a recent email I received. I understand it is hard to spell, but generally spell check will catch it or if there is any doubt, look it up!

This was in a recent email I received. I understand it is hard to spell, but generally spell check will catch it or if there is any doubt, look it up!
I recently hit the jackpot on menu errors when I found three in the same menu. First, it appears they only offer you one brussel sprout and then they spell that wrong. It should be Brussels (named after the city of Brussels) sprout.
Then, they off a “blackend” shrimp risotto, even though they spelled it “blackened” in the description.
And finally, they offered the rainbow trout with “oyser” mushrooms. It should be “oyster” mushrooms.
It is never my intent to make fun of any establishment–just to use these errors to teach you something–so I have marked out the name of the restaurant. And regardless of the errors, the food was delicious!
While dining at a fine establishment inside our local airport, I spotted this beauty. It is made worse by the correct spelling in the next item.
A reader sent this picture to me from her local Wendy’s. Just looking at this sign, apparently, they have already filled all their positions because they WERE hiring, but now they’re not. If they are currently looking, it should be WE’RE (contraction for “we are”) hiring. Obviously, Wendy’s knows how to use apostrophes since it is part of their name.
This is an example of words that are easily confused by spell check. The correct word here should be “participate,” not “participant.”
This was a category in some education sessions I recently attended. The one thing going for it was that they were consistent. It was spelled “Begginer” throughout all the material. While I loved the categories so I knew if something would be too far above my head for me to learn anything, I also love when someone proofreads the material going out to attendees.
I’m going to be in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 23-28 for the NALS conference. If you are a Proof That blog reader and are already in the Little Rock area, or if you are also attending the NALS conference, let me know if you are interested in meeting up with other Proof That blog readers. I would love to meet my biggest supporters IRL! If you will be in Little Rock during that time, let me know what day works for you and we’ll try to find a good time. I will be busy with seminars and conference events but would love to set aside some time to meet you. Email [email protected] and we’ll try to set something up!
It’s time for “Confusing Words of the Week” where I take a set of two or three words that get confused and give you definitions and try to give you a memory trick to help you remember when to use which word. If you have words that confuse you, use the Ask PTB tab on the website or send an email to [email protected] and they may appear here soon!
This week’s words are:
Memory tips:
This part of a menu from a local restaurant caught my eye because first, I love jalapenos so I notice those right away and, second, it is spelled differently in two places in the same paragraph. Worse yet, the second one is spelled so correctly it even includes the tilde.
My sister found this one on the local Facebook Marketplace. Obviously, the word should be “intact,” which, according to Merriam-Webster online dictionary, means “untouched especially by anything that harms or diminishes.”