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I wish my Facebook interaction looked more like this.
Cannot. Stop. Laughing.
(Source: luuboutin)
fixed.
double fixed.
triple fixed.
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“The person who wrote that article gets to tell everyone she meets that she writes for a magazine, as does the copy editor who missed the mistake, as does the editor responsible for it. And everyone they meet is like, “Oh, that seems like a nice job.” And yet every third person I meet is all, “A blogger? You can make money doing that?” Yeah, I can. It’s not the best job, but I’m overqualified for magazine work.”
“There is no A in “definitely.” To help you remember, use this: If you put an A in “definitely,” then you’re definitely an A-hole.”
From:
The Oatmeal, 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling (via kaytee)
Seriously, folks, it’s not that difficult.
Reading David McCullough’s 1776, I found myself wondering: Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? If so, when did American accents diverge from British accents?
The answer surprised me.
I’d always assumed that Americans used to have British accents, and that American accents diverged…
Reese’s Pieces.
I was reminded of their existence today. And being reminded of their existence, I was subsequently reminded of the existence of the general public’s tendency to pronounce it “Reesee’s Peesees.” Let me say this in no uncertain terms:
If you pronounce it that way, you are a…
Wait…people actually say that?
Humanity, you disappoint me.
The Alot is Better Than You at Everything
But there is one grammatical mistake that I particularly enjoy encountering. It has become almost fun for me to come across people who take the phrase “a lot” and condense it down into one word, because when someone says “alot,” this is what I imagine.
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I’m Samit Sarkar, a 26-year-old reporter for Polygon. You may also know me from my four-plus years as an associate editor at Destructoid.
I’m a stickler for proper English — grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. — so if you see any mistakes in my writing, let me know. And if you see mistakes elsewhere, let me know, because I’ll want to point them out here and laugh (à la English Fail Blog). I might even put some on The Grammar Nazi, a Tumblr that I contribute to.
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