This was the menu for a restaurant I stopped at on my way out of town this past weekend. To “whip” cream is the action of whipping or stirring vigorously to thicken it. Once you are done, it is “whipped” cream. So this menu is incorrect. It should say “whipped” cream. But at least they were consistent!
A friend saw this and shared it with me. Another example of what spell check will not catch. Everything is spelled correctly, but it is very obviously the wrong word.
I got this in the mail and besides all of the other errors in this advertisement, I was interested to see that while they got it right in several other places–and it IS part of the name of their company–they misspelled Phoenix!
I was behind this truck on the way to work recently. It is spelled correctly in one place, but the bigger font (and the one right in the line of sight) is misspelled.
I took this picture at a local restaurant. “Undercooked” is one word, so it is incorrect on this menu.
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 came in an email. Since they spelled the name of the sender company “Lasick Vision Institute,” I checked to see if there was a company spelled that way. As surprising as this might be, I did not find one. What’s worse is that they spelled it correctly in the body of the email.
My daughter forwarded this one to me from her local Facebook Marketplace. Obviously, it should be a “dry-erase” board.
I saw this one on Twitter. Everything is spelled correctly, nothing would trigger spell check, and free Grammarly didn’t catch it, but this headline is really unclear about exactly who will remain in jail. I mean, obviously, the judge is not in jail and Mr. Epstein is, so we can assume they are talking about Mr. Epstein, but that’s not really what it says. Read literally, the judge denied bail and will remain in jail pending trial.
I purchased this package on Amazon for a family gift exchange. My sister actually found the “supper easy” error, but as I’m preparing this, I found the other.
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