Grammar Chaos: The Perils of Typo
Feb 01, 2017
In October 2010, Sarah Pompei meant to tweet in support of Meg Whitman for California governor. She sent out the tweet reading, “SD Cnty Sheriff Assoc says @Whitman2010 4 gov! RT: @Murphy4MegNews: CA Cops get it: Jerry Brown is too soft on crime http://bit.ly/bNCAV.”
Nothing seems wrong, ri...
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Grammar Chaos: Appreciate the Apostrophe
Jan 25, 2017
Of all the punctuation marks we have, I feel bad for the apostrophe the most. Why? Out of all the punctuation marks, the apostrophe seems to be the one that everyone misuses. In fact, several websites even compiled list of signs, ads, and other public media that misused the apostrophe. (In case y...
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Grammar Chaos: Should We Ax the Oxford?
Jan 18, 2017
A newspaper had this to say about a documentary about Merle Haggard: “The documentary was filmed over three years. Among those interviewed were his two ex-wives, Kris Kristofferson and Robert Duvall.”
This seemingly harmless sentence caused a debate to spark betwe...
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