As if pantyhose weren't bad enough, now ladies everywhere have to wear them one leg at a time! At least that's what the editor of the leading newspaper in Syracuse, NY, wants you to believe. Technically, "pantyhose" is plural, like "pants" or "scissors." Since you would not say "Pants is 'in' again," this headline is guilty of the most common and most unforgiveable grammar disaster: a disagreement between the noun and the verb. For shaming himself in big print, I award the Opaque Cloth of Lewdness to the editor, in light of the sensual legs cleverly forming the "P" in the headline.Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Another reason NOT to wear pantyhose
As if pantyhose weren't bad enough, now ladies everywhere have to wear them one leg at a time! At least that's what the editor of the leading newspaper in Syracuse, NY, wants you to believe. Technically, "pantyhose" is plural, like "pants" or "scissors." Since you would not say "Pants is 'in' again," this headline is guilty of the most common and most unforgiveable grammar disaster: a disagreement between the noun and the verb. For shaming himself in big print, I award the Opaque Cloth of Lewdness to the editor, in light of the sensual legs cleverly forming the "P" in the headline.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Why former athletes make terrible journalists
This is from a major Philadelphia, PA newspaper, dated 23 August, 2011.I'm not laughing, and if you read the story, neither should you. In fact, if you read the entire sports section, neither should you. Not only is "Laughter" spelled wrong in size 56 print, there is no story, article, or clever pun in the whole of the sports section, let alone the two potentially related articles.
For committing acts of shame in such big, bold print, I award the Tin Medal of Foolishness. I also beseech the editor to immediately un-retire from whatever sport he left, and leave journalism to the professionals.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Welcome - First Post
I am not a grammar expert, but it seems the grammar world is falling to pieces around me. If heroes are ordinary people who do extraordinary deeds, then consider me your grammar hero. Tormented by "15 items or less" signs and headlines reading "Doctors Own Secrets to Weight Loss," I will transform into your own personal grammar superhero, righting grammar wrongs, or maybe just poking fun of grammar concoctions so haphazardly thrown together, like a monkey making banana pudding.
This blog is dedicated to those who no longer can stand terrible grammar in public and private settings by well educated and informed persons.
So read on, enjoy, and feel free to correct my own grammar; we must all strive to learn more!
P.S. If you don't understand my two examples in the first paragraph, perhaps this blog is NOT for you.
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