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Grammar Police

@GrammarCops

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

The best! Oops, ours is gone … 😉

GrammarCops's tweet image. The best! Oops, ours is gone … 😉

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

Big12Conference's tweet image. For our friends, @KStateWBB and @KStateMBB, we've got the 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗕&𝗝: a fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich topped with powdered sugar.


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

GrammarCops's tweet image. #big12mbb where’d it go?? Our PowerCat PB&J was awesome. Go K-State!🏀💜🏀🤍

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

GrammarCops's tweet image. Can you find both errors in this alert headline from today? #NBCDFW

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


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

GrammarCops's tweet image. This phrase needs punctuation. Care to give it a shot?
VICTORY IS FOREVER WINGS ARE FOR EATING

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

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

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

GrammarCops's tweet image. If the offending team were some kind of birds, we could likely accept the grammar goof in the closed captions … 🤣 #marchmadness

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

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

Grammar Police أعاد

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.

MerriamWebster's tweet image. 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.

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

GrammarCops's tweet image. Circulating on Pinterest and Facebook ... (it helps to read it as a poem).

Why Does This Polenta Description Use Title Case?

GrammarCops's tweet image. Why Does This Polenta Description Use Title Case?

Snagged from Facebook (by Simplistically Living) ...

GrammarCops's tweet image. Snagged from Facebook (by Simplistically Living) ...

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.

GrammarCops's tweet image. 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.
GrammarCops's tweet image. 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.
GrammarCops's tweet image. 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.

Can you identify the grammar gaffe in this Culturelle probiotic TV ad?

GrammarCops's tweet image. Can you identify the grammar gaffe in this Culturelle probiotic TV ad?

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?


Grammar Police أعاد

The word ‘estivate’ can mean either “to spend the summer at a place” or “to pass the summer in a state of mental and physical inactivity.” (just in case anyone was doing one of these things and wondered what to call it)

MerriamWebster's tweet image. The word ‘estivate’ can mean either “to spend the summer at a place” or “to pass the summer in a state of mental and physical inactivity.”
(just in case anyone was doing one of these things and wondered what to call it)

Does this grammar bug you? How would you fix it?

GrammarCops's tweet image. Does this grammar bug you? How would you fix it?

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