Monday, April 30, 2012

Here is an interesting sentence where the author shows that the words till and 'til are seperate things ('til) representing the word until

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Monday, April 2, 2012

This image shows a usage error in an advertisement. It's depressing to see the lack of quality control.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Lost in translation

So I recently bought a new alarm clock online die to problems with the cell phone alarm (I have to leave the ringer on to have the alarm go off, but people text me at obscene hours and wake me up) and the instructions were incredibly poorly translated. This was not the greatest offence by a long shot however. The clock has AM and PM backwards on the alarm settings, thus, my alarm did not go off this morning, but instead, I woke up at almost noon. Just another example of things being problematic due to a lack of proofreading or quality control. Theres a general attitude of sloppiness that I see everywhere today, and it really grinds my gears.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Millitary Grammar

i was watching a TV show that had a boot camp scene in it, and noticed the soldiers going "SIR YES SIR" This is peculiar construction that in any other circumstances seems ridiculous. You don't see people going around saying "Bob, yes bob." It is a unique form of speech used in the military, and is instantly identifiable. It almost feels as if this construction is there to help differentiate military life from civilian life.