One serious grammar error on the part of Tesco but with a funny from some bad abbreviation to follow.
#EA38 Tesco Extra Special
Posted by crimeficreader on September 20, 2012
https://errantapostrophe.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/ea38-tesco-extra-special/
#EA37 Thatcher ‘Dance on Grave’ T-shirts
Branded ‘tasteless and totally inappropriate’ by the TUC General Secretary, some T-shirts raising funds for the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre were withdrawn from sale from outside the main hall at the Brighton Centre – venue of the TUC Conference – earlier today.
Alongside this display of exceptional bad taste and lack of empathy, we also have a distinct lack of education exhibited for all to see. Yes, there’s a missing apostrophe in respect of the possessive.
Posted by crimeficreader on September 11, 2012
https://errantapostrophe.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/ea37-thatcher-dance-on-grave-t-shirts/
#EA36 From the Olympics …
… the Olympic Park, I believe. Well-spotted by @KayWorboys. We have a typo, a spelling error (plus an incorrect case for ‘Park’), and a case of an errant apostrophe combined with some missing punctuation. Who needs the education here? BT? I expect they are hiding in a park somewhere …
Posted by crimeficreader on August 7, 2012
https://errantapostrophe.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/ea36-from-the-olympics/
#EA35 Daily Telegraph confused with your / you’re
Posted by crimeficreader on June 11, 2012
https://errantapostrophe.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/ea35-daily-telegraph-confused-with-your-youre/
#EA34 – Daily Mail Terminology Special Edition
Is it ‘cos it’s Wales? Does the dragon scare the DailyMail so much that finding the right terms proves impossible? Within the space of 24 hours we have two reports and pics from Wales that were simply just silly. And today we have that old chestnut as the Duke of Edinburgh leaves hospital…
Posted by crimeficreader on June 9, 2012
https://errantapostrophe.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/ea34-daily-mail-terminology-special-edition/
#EA33 Daily Mail in double plural scandal
The Daily Mail, in its election excitement, extends the double negative concept into the double plural today.
Posted by crimeficreader on May 4, 2012
https://errantapostrophe.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/ea33-daily-mail-in-double-plural-scandal/
#EA32 Still some learning to do here …
Posted by crimeficreader on April 15, 2012
https://errantapostrophe.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/ea32-still-some-learning-to-do-here/
#EA31 Author site missing an apostrophe …
Posted by crimeficreader on April 15, 2012
https://errantapostrophe.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/ea31-author-site-missing-an-apostrophe/
#EA30 Subtitles can be wrong …
From the final episode of Inspector Montalbano, shown on BBC4 last night. That should be ‘… dependent on …’ to be correct.
Posted by crimeficreader on April 15, 2012
https://errantapostrophe.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/ea30-subtitles-can-be-wrong/
#EA29 where a simple plural may have medical influence
A Global Positioning System (GPS) is unlikely to be much use with a review of your statins medication. One of those pesky GPs at your local surgery will come up trumps though.
Posted by crimeficreader on April 4, 2012
https://errantapostrophe.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/ea29-where-a-simple-plural-may-have-medical-influence/
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