The Write Blog

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 at www.parttimewriter.com.  Thanks for the entry, Chris!

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/

Miss Casey says:

“This sign was taped on the door of a  downtown Detroit gas station.   Between this, and the attendant behind bulletproof glass, we decided that it was a good idea to find another gas station. . . ”

Thanks, Miss Casey!

Charlotte says:

“This is a sweepstakes from a huge, professional company, yet, on one of their sweepstakes forms, they could not spell ‘September’ correctly. And what amazes me is this sweepstakes has been running for a while and they have not corrected it.”

Thanks, Charlotte!

(NOTE:  the fail is sort of hard to see.  It’s in the entry form, in the drop-down menu under “date of birth.”)