presented by the writing lab in honor of national grammar day 2012
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Presented by the Writing Lab in honor
of National Grammar Day 2012.
Grammatical Hall of Shame
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The following examples are not grammatically correct as this carton of milk is.
Picture taken by Randi Gingerich
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The UWF Graduate School offers advanced degrees including, master's degrees in 26 different programs with more than 50 academic specializations, two specialist degrees and a doctorate in education with seven specializations.
Submitted by Randi Gingerich
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Were open? Too bad for the people who arrived at 3 a.m. to see that the restaurant “were” open but isn’t anymore.
Submitted by Victoria Clarice Johnson
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My hot what?
Submitted by Victoria Clarice Johnson
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Submitted by Victoria Clarice Johnson
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There are several errors here. The most
noteworthy ones, though,
are an unnecessary comma and
the colon after “such as.”
Picture Taken by Toni Holt
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Submitted by Justin King
In addition to simply being random, this jar indicates that “gum” owns something—money maybe?
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In case you were wondering, colons should go inside quotation marks.
Submitted by Randi Gingerich
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Something is definitely missing in this example.Quotation marks?A semicolon?
Also, when didwater start taking showers?
Submitted by Randi Gingerich
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First line of Lady GaGa’s song “Edge of Glory”:
“There ain’t no reason you and me should be alone tonight.”
Submitted by Kristin Schipani
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Missing comma. Misspelled word. Incorrect capitalization.
Submitted by Randi Gingerich
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Yes, this picture was real.
Submitted by Gregory Miller
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Third Place: Submitted by Justin King
One Sign, Two Errors
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What a compliment!
Second Place: Submitted by Melanie Jacobi
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First Place: Submitted by Randi Gingerich
We did not even mark all the errors.