Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Minor and Major

Two grammar things that caught my attention in today's paper:

In an Associated Press article by Justin Pope on on-line college courses, he includes the sentence "The first prototype was made with a Christmas ornament." Shouldn't that be "Christmas tree ornament?" Bugged me.

An ad for a "gentleman's club" included the following:

BRING THIS AD FOR YOUR CHOICE OF:
ONE ITEM OFF OF ARE LUNCH MENU

The entirely unnecessary colon is bad enough. But mistaking "are" for "our?" Seriously?

Until Whenever

No comments: