Grammar Police

Our philosophy: We find it. You fix it. Our blog is dedicated to observations, ramblings, and questions about grammar, language, and usage.

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The best! Oops, ours is gone … 😉

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For our friends, @KStateWBB and @KStateMBB, we've got the 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗕&𝗝: a fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich topped with powdered sugar.

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#big12mbb where’d it go?? Our PowerCat PB&J was awesome. Go K-State!🏀����🏀🤍

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Can you find both errors in this alert headline from today? #NBCDFW

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Can you find the usage error? “… the USS Cairo, a Union gunboat that sunk in 1862 … is now displayed at Vicksburg National Military Park.”

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@jaygrimaldo That works (remove the space before the semicolon).

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This phrase needs punctuation. Care to give it a shot?
VICTORY IS FOREVER WINGS ARE FOR EATING

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@brock_bowling That works.

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From Sign Appreciation Society (Facebook)
Poster writes: "When you see it....
'Dug' this one up from a few years ago in Melbourne, Australia"

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Thank you, #ElArroyo, our sentiments, exactly! #CommaClout #Punctuation #GrammarCops

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If the offending team were some kind of birds, we could likely accept the grammar goof in the closed captions … 🤣 #marchmadness

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@justinplaistow Passed

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SPAM can be confusing and amusing ... this is the weirdest toenail we've ever seen ...

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Floating around Facebook ...

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Writing Puzzle #43
On some headphones we got recently, the box had the suggestion (threat?) circled in green below.
Write an alternative that makes more sense, retaining the general intent of that line, using no more than 30 characters.

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Another noun gone bad ...
See our series: https://t.co/TkxXaATWfh

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Circulating on Pinterest and Facebook ... (it helps to read it as a poem).

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Why Does This Polenta Description Use Title Case?

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Snagged from Facebook (by Simplistically Living) ...

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@EducateMyself Yes, yes, and yes!

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This is the subject line of an email we received from Family Tree Magazine: "Q: How do you tell the difference between daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes?". What is the grammar goof?

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Dear @MerriamWebster, please add "sploot" / "splooting" to your dictionary. This is certainly the year to do it--what with the massive heat wave much of the US is experiencing. Thank you for your consideration.