This picture is from my last trip to one of my favorite restaurants. There IS a difference! I live in the DESERT and I love to eat DESSERT.

This picture is from my last trip to one of my favorite restaurants. There IS a difference! I live in the DESERT and I love to eat DESSERT.

Here is an ad correction to a Piggly Wiggly electronic ad that doesn’t seem to make things any better. At least their price is now correct–hopefully!

This one comes from Twitter. The confusion between to, too, and two is high, but signmakers need to do more than use the “that’s the way they gave it to me” excuse. Between a few people, one can hope that someone would get it right. Then again . . .

This was in my Facebook feed and is such a hot mess it makes my head hurt. Here are just a few of the problems I see: (1) not all legal secretaries are female; (2) not all women have long flowing manes (and the graphic is not entirely professional or appropriate); and (3) do the finest become legal secretarIES or do they become A legal secretary. I hope no one is paying money for this …
I found this one in an email I received. It was correct when I clicked on the link, but incorrect in the email. This is not a very good advertisement for a company that engraves things as their business. Just a little extra time can make all the difference in the world!

This picture was sent to me by one of my blog readers. I thought it was appropriate to share today. I’m guessing they were spelling phonetically. Have a good Halloween, don’t eat too much candy, and please be safe out there!

As most of you know, I have a very low tolerance for errors by schools. I understand they are people too, but I hold them to a higher standard just because teaching proper grammar is part of their business and this kind of stuff isn’t that hard–just plain inattention. This Giggle was forwarded to me by a friend and I love receiving any Grammar Giggles you might find.

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I found this on Twitter. They say it was used in a presentation on proofreading. Whoopsie!

I saw this one on a local news channel on a story about how our storms this weekend affected a home and garden show and I’m shocked that this sign got this far with the glaring error. I just hope it’s not an error that shows up in all their marketing materials. Unbelievable!

I saw this one on a restaurant menu recently.
