Sunday, August 20, 2006
More fun with words!
Any mildly observant individual can find errors in the use of language at every turn. I found two in the last 24 hours that I'd like to share.
I was in a grocery store (again) and saw a sign that said "Buy One, Get On Free". I understand that this is just a typo, but wow. The omission of one letter brings a completely new (and utterly bizarre) meaning to the sentence. There were people ALL OVER that sign.
The better one, however, was on a blog I was reading this morning. I would link it, but the writing is so poor, I often want to chop my arm off with an axe. Usually, the errors seem intentional (2day, 4ever, etc.). The post I read this morning misused the word "erroneously". Oh the irony.
I was in a grocery store (again) and saw a sign that said "Buy One, Get On Free". I understand that this is just a typo, but wow. The omission of one letter brings a completely new (and utterly bizarre) meaning to the sentence. There were people ALL OVER that sign.
The better one, however, was on a blog I was reading this morning. I would link it, but the writing is so poor, I often want to chop my arm off with an axe. Usually, the errors seem intentional (2day, 4ever, etc.). The post I read this morning misused the word "erroneously". Oh the irony.
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Ok, I'm terribly sorry for not having visited your blog in a long time.
In any case, speaking of fun with words at grocery stores, I'm writing a letter to Walmart, King Soopers, Safeway, Albertson's, and Target (although that's not really a grocery store) and asking them to change the signs on their express aisles from "12 Items or Less" to "12 Items or Fewer". Would you be interested in being a co-signatory?
In any case, speaking of fun with words at grocery stores, I'm writing a letter to Walmart, King Soopers, Safeway, Albertson's, and Target (although that's not really a grocery store) and asking them to change the signs on their express aisles from "12 Items or Less" to "12 Items or Fewer". Would you be interested in being a co-signatory?
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I was in a grocery store in NYC last week, and on a sign it said $500, forget what the item was but it def. wasn't worth that much money, even with NYC prices that seemed steep. I had a good laugh at least.
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