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I "love" this blog1 comment

carlieblissirwin wrote 8 months ago: And by “love” I just mean love. Unnecessary quotation marks are both annoying and hilari … more →

Tags: You Oughta Know, Carlie, Carlie Crash, Blog

The Anthology of Pizza Box Graphic Design: "The Custom"

attemptedblog wrote 8 months ago: The sword in the stone. The white whale. The custom pizza box design. Eschewing nondescript terms li … more →

Tags: Anthology of Pizza Box Graphic Design, pizzas of the world, greek pizza, Pizza, Graphic Design

Maybe those quotation marks are legit?

emdashtothemax wrote 11 months ago: Such sad-looking chowder pictures … more →

Tags: Pike Place Chowder, questionable food photography, Pacific Place, Barnes and noble had scary bathrooms

Putting lipstick on a horse

Laura wrote 1 year ago: Trying to correct all the mistakes in a single sentence on Yahoo! Shine is like putting lipstick on … more →

Tags: <punctuation>, Wrong Words, hyphens, Quotation Marks, hyphen, quotation mark, Commonly confused words, wrong word, funny writing errors

Even millennials would know better

Laura wrote 1 year ago: Misspellings, typos, missing punctuation. It’s all in a day’s work for the reporter for  … more →

Tags: misspellings, <punctuation>, hyphens, Quotation Marks, Typo, misspelling, hyphen, quotation mark, spelling

Unnecessary Quotation Marks1 comment

aurorameyer wrote 1 year ago: Image from: http://www.oxbridgeessays.com/blogMaybe if everyone understands what quotation marks are … more →

Tags: Grammar, what quotation marks are really for, point of quotation marks, set off and represent exact language, used to designate speech acts in fiction, Purdue Online Writing Lab, indicate irony, when a word is not being used in its current commonly a

There oughta be a law!1 comment

Laura wrote 1 year ago: Too bad there’s no law punishing writers and the companies that employ them for errors. If the … more →

Tags: capitalizing, <punctuation>, Subject-Verb Agreement, Errors of fact, Wrong Words, Verbs, commas, missing word, Typo

Where was the editor?

Laura wrote 1 year ago: Where was the proofreader or editor when this excerpt from Yahoo! TV‘s “Primetime in No … more →

Tags: misspellings, <punctuation>, question marks, Quotation Marks, exclamation points, misspelling, Apostrophe, Question Mark, quotation marks

For your reading pleasure:

Josie O wrote 1 year ago: Faulkner at UVa: ”The Grounds and the Fury” by Ken Ringle [Pictures from The University … more →

Tags: Classics, The Pioneer Woman, William Faulkner, Vivien Leigh, Scarlett O'Hara, Blanche Dubois, University of Virginia, Meredith Jung-En Woo, Ken Ringle

It was "nice" while it lasted

Soukprida wrote 2 years ago: Today was my last day at The Time Machine. I’m happy about it. It brought on a lot of stress e … more →

Tags: Menial labour jobs, Work, The Time Machine, goodbyes, Coworkers, Bosses, Garden City, KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, air quotes

Justice I am, without one plea1 comment

wordnymph wrote 2 years ago: I am feeling a little Andy Rooneyish today.  I can almost hear him narrating this post. Last month, … more →

Tags: All things wordish, Foibles and Faux Pas, Grammar, <punctuation>, spelling, My Cousin Vinny, andy rooney, Speeding Ticket, parenthetical numeral

"Hootie and the Blowfish"?

Laura wrote 2 years ago: Uh, no. Regular readers of Terribly Write will notice the misplaced question mark in this excerpt fr … more →

Tags: Confused Words, <punctuation>, question marks, Quotation Marks, Unnecessary Words, its/it's, their/there/they're, homophones, Question Mark

But what is "really" in the envelope, government?

@alamokie wrote 2 years ago: Boldy printed on an envelope I just received. You just want to me to think that they’re import … more →

Tags: Oklahoma, Humor, Grammar

And just "what" do you consider unnecessary?4 comments

BDay wrote 2 years ago: I can hardly “wait” to start contributing to this blog. I see them every day, and they d … more →

Tags: Words, Words, Words

Bryony Quinn

theclickclickpress wrote 3 years ago: First off, I think Bryony might be one of my favourite names. I’m not sure. I’ll confirm … more →

Tags: Illustration, Design, Art, Graphic, Illustrator, It's nice that, bryony, Quinn, bryony quinn

grammar bloggin'

lumpy wrote 3 years ago: despite my own occasional proclivity for writing w/o caps, i is a grammar disciplinarian.  hence, th … more →

Tags: Fun, Rachel Lucas, Grammar, <punctuation>, Apostrophe Abuse, apostrophe catastrophes

Poison . . . you don't really have to worry about it

jasondeuman wrote 4 years ago: this was at the church we gathered at for ethos … more →

Tags: Random, Quotes, Funny, Poison

Full Of What's Good For Ya5 comments

schinders wrote 4 years ago: Still home, still sick. Now I’ve managed to lose my voice, which those who know me might consi … more →

Tags: Sites I like, Sick, wasting time on the web, passive aggressive notes, fear the gay chicken, tie your sneakers, Holy Grail, crunchy nutty goodness

Full Of What's Good For Ya5 comments

schinders wrote 4 years ago: Still home, still sick. Now I’ve managed to lose my voice, which those who know me might consi … more →

Tags: Sites I like, Sick, wasting time on the web, passive aggressive notes, fear the gay chicken, tie your sneakers, Holy Grail, crunchy nutty goodness


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