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Thanks to Kevin Tumlinson for finding another great grammar fail.  Check out this notice from a hotel parking lot:

Paul says: “I’ve attached a screenshot of a person’s profile on a matrimonial website. He says his hobbies are SINNING, cooking and reading! I’m sure he meant singing ”

Chris says: “You’d think they’d mess up ‘dessert’ before spelling ‘dining’ wrong. Maybe they were so concerned about getting dessert right that they didn’t pay attention to the rest of the words. Double consonants make call for a short vowel sign. Isn’t that one of the earliest spelling rules we learn?” Check out Chris’ website [...]

Charlotte says: “I don’t know where my husband bought this tee shirt for our son, but there is a huge mistake on it.  I laugh everytime our son wears it. P.S. No one else, including his teachers or anyone in the public has noticed or pointed out the misspelling!”

Check out this grammar-fail photo from our friend and fellow writer Kevin Tumlinson.  And yes, he found this on a college campus.  Thanks for the entry, Kevin! And be sure to visit Kevin’s website:  http://www.kevintumlinson.com/