GrammarTroika Sister #2 is back in the game with this label from her daughter’s prescription. Apparently Walgreens isn’t sure this is a legal name. I’ve only ever seen this on prescriptions for animals before — and even then, it has always driven me crazy. My pets have names, and those names are their real names. …read more.

Kacia took an online survey asking her if she had done a variety of things recently. Eventually she encountered this question. Kacia says “Why they felt the need to write ‘etc.’ with quotation marks (and without a period) I will never know.” But I think we’ve seen this before. I think it’s the “Yikes, I …read more.

Colleen, we talked about this earlier this week. You can’t just go around assuming these mistakes are mistakes. I mean, this person could well have been in business for only 3 years — or for 40. You don’t know unless you ask. (And if you asked, you clearly need to tell us about it.) Also, …read more.

Veronica submits this image from Totoro Sushi, which has a linkable web page, so there you go. Veronica also notes that the sushi here is delicious.  I guess all the applicants who show up looking for jobs and discover that this place isn’t hiring at all can grab some yummy snacks on the way out!

First, observe the ridiculous punctuation. Now let’s let Kacia explain why this is extra-silly. [This is a] warning sticker pasted onto the bottom of a can of mock abalone from our local Asian grocery. Note that the entire ingredient list printed on the can is ‘Fried gluten (wheat, soy bean oil), salt, sugar, soy sauce …read more.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who can take an idea and run with it, mentally speaking, for miles and miles.  Reporter #1 saw this at a Tops Friendly Market and concluded that these veggies were produced … On an industrial farm where they have to stew in their green bean filth in too-small …read more.

State Fair time, that is! And Kacia’s been hard at work carefully documenting it for us.  Her first Item of Business is this: I question the amount of trans fat in the fries based on this sign. Also, we seem to be missing at least one comma. It’s like they couldn’t decide whether to format …read more.

Meg in the Big City found this just before Hurricane Irene passed through. So apparently this was the place to party Saturday… but only if you’re not particular about spelling.

My instincts are honed razor-sharp.  I can spot a misused quotation mark at great distances.  So I sidled over to take a picture of this sign. Are they making a joke about lowing, which is a sound cows make?  Because this is pork, which makes that joke kind of a stretch. Anyway, I was enjoying …read more.

Are you supposed to say “Do not interfere”?  Are they supposed to choke out “Do not interfere” in order to ask that you please, in fact, interfere?  SAVE THE QUOTATION MARKS, people.