Monday, January 30, 2012

Whose You're Grammar Police?

5 and a half years ago I married the grammar police.

I didn't know it at the time, but bad grammar drives Crystal up the wall. She frequently corrects my use of "less"/"fewer", and seems to find people using the wrong "you're" almost daily.

Yesterday my parents came up to visit and we were looking at a restaurant's online menu when Crystal noticed this.
Notice anything?

Your Back!?!?

On the professionally designed website of a major restaurant chain! This is a tragedy! How can this happen!?!?

Maybe it's because Crystal points them out to me, but it seems like this sort of thing is happening more frequently lately. I'm sure someone can relate it back to computer usage and the fact no one knows how to cursive write anymore.

How 'bout you? Do these grammar faux-pas bother you? Are you guilty of any of them?

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