tomorrow, tomorrow!

(sigh) In the same e-mail, misspelling of tomorrow.

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the period goes INSIDE

I almost feel bad picking on my e-mails, but I saw this punctuation mistake today and the guilt mysteriously disappeared.

As we all know, the punctuation goes inside of the quotations meaning it should read ... jail."

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today, I didn't punctuate correctly. fml.

If you have ever visited fmylife.com, you know that it isn't the grammatical high point of the internet, but I thought this double punctuation mis-use, or, rather, exclusion was interesting.

In the first line, instead of "sisters" it should read "sister's" making it possesive. In the last line instead of "make me pretty also" it should read "make me pretty, also" for the natural pause that comes before words like "too," and "also" at the end of sentences.

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holy comma splice, batman!

This is from the Sculpey Polymer Clay website, (why, yes, I do work at Meredith) and I'm fairly certain it is the longest "sentence" ever. Someone is in serious need of a period.

Here it is, just in case you can't tell in the picture: "The little ripple blade comes with the 3 pack of blades that Polyform products sells for the suggested retail of $9.99, the package comes with a stiff 6” blade that is great for cutting straight sheets of clay or can be used also for slicing larger canes or slicing sections right off the bricks or blocks of clay, it also comes with a 6” flexible blade that is great for cutting curved items as the blade can be flexed quite a bit and it is the best for cane slicing with the least amount of distortion, and last but not least is the 4” mini ripple blade, which can be used the same as other ripple blades on the market but I find that for smaller over all design for jewelry and smaller pieces of work this is a better blade by far for it’s ability to keep a smaller pattern that is much better for earrings and smaller beads and such."

hom sweet hom

I thought a light was burnt out on this Minnesota furniture store's sign. I was wrong. It is called "Hom Furniture." It isn't a mistake, but lord knows it should be. That would be like saying we go to "Drak" university.

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unnecessary quotations

After our discussion today in class, I couldn't help but think of one of my favorite blogs— the blog of unnecessary quotations. Not an editing find, but still very enjoyable!

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when people stop being polite, and start using really bad grammar

The Real World on MTV has never been one of my favorites, but the other day, I couldn't find the remote. Some of the grammar they use on this show is beyond my comprehension. This episode has so many "ain't"s and "got no"s that I almost (almost...) got myself off the couch to look for the remote. You can watch the whole episode here if you think you can stomach it.

My available what?

I love it when people mistake "your" for "you're." One little "'r" can completely change the meaning of a sentence. Take, for example, this email—right now it is asking something about my available, when really it is asking if I am available for something. I guess I'll have to check with my available before I respond.

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