Entries Tagged 'subject/verb and structure' ↓

Nope, sorry, that’s the sum total of my reaction to this.

Lovely newlywed Veronica says “I get that this is supposed to be cute, but it just makes me sad.”

Yeah, let’s work on instilling those values of sloppy grammar really early, shall we?

Reporter #1 is back with this troubling submission.

She quips, “I suppose grammatical errors go along with writing an application that only works as intended half the time.”

Now that’s where I draw the line, Reporter #1.  Nobody insults FarmVille on this blog.  Just because I have cut myself off in order to get some sleep doesn’t mean I’m going to let you knock that sweet, sweet harvesting, opening all those thrilling gifts, or struggling to build buildings that subsequently serve no redeemable purpose.  In fact — [WHOA THERE, FARMER! YOUR BLOG IS OUT OF SYNC WITH THE GAME.  CLICK "OKAY" TO REFRESH.]

Eve found this in a Waffle House bathroom and thought of me.  File THAT under “things I never thought I’d say.”  She also noted “…it could mean so many things.”

The perfect send-off into the weekend.  I’m not sure what this means, but it sure is fabulous.

In his second consecutive submission, Davery brings the angst:

Here’s another photo I took AT MY SCHOOL! Now we know when “Defer payment’s” are due.  It hurts, Alden. It hurts!

That is truly beautiful.  It’s my favorite Southernism — the dropping of the “ed” — along with the explicit abuse of an apostrophe.  Gold star!

My favorite Southern shortcut strikes again.

Julie calls this “an exuberant plural.”

Happy Wednesday, Julie!

Michael would like to know, “Why discriminate against openly gay biologists?”

Thanks, Michael!

Meg would like to let us know about a cool post over on Serious Eats,  More Evidence That Trader Joe Paid Attention in Grammar Class, from which the delightful picture  below is taken.  It seems to me less to indicate the awesomeness of Trader Joe Corporate — which, I assume, authorized and paid for the original sign — than that of Trader Joe employees.  Nonetheless, it brings a tear to my eye.

Thanks, Meg!

Please excuse the drive-by nature of this photograph.  I was not actually driving while I took it, but I was being watched suspiciously by the shopclerk. And I really, really needed her not to ask me what I was doing…

…because if she had, I was going to say, “Excuse me, I was wondering whether I would like to buy a Radko ornament.”