Please, Heroic Dog Finder, don't skip the spellcheck
Amy posted recently about why she loves Molalla. Were you proud of yourself for catching the little punctuation error in the "Molalla Discount Grocery's" sign she displayed? (Gabe likes to call it "Molalla Discount Grocery Is.") Well, I've got a sign that will test your English skills a tad further. . . Here's the text of an actual flier currently posted around Molalla:
"Found Dog! This dog was runing around Thriftway on 1/17/07, wearing a Oregon Ducks collar with out tags. He is verry hyper and has a bobed taill. Please Call..." (Phone number withheld to protect the identity of the ignorant.)
Doesn't it read like a note scrawled hastily on a napkin with a crayon stub? Actually, the flier was typed and included a color photo of the dog - whoever made it had some computer skills, for sure. Which leaves me wondering . . . When will the Heroic Dog Finder embrace spellcheck as his best friend?
So, how many errors did you find?
Disclaimer: I'm a self-proclaimed Newspaper Nerd and unfortunately the term "Grammar Nazi" seems to accompany that title. Nevertheless, I don't claim to have mastered the English language to the point of perfection and do admit that you'll likely find some sentences on my blog that would cause any English teacher worth her salt to whip out a red pen. (Spellcheck found a few misspellings of my own doing on this very post, in fact.) Some of these errors are pure oversight on my part and others are intentional stylistic choices. (Because any writer worth their salt has to thumb their nose at stuffy English teachers' rules every once in awhile.)
3 Comments:
I don't see anything wrong with that sign. And I think you're mean for capitalizing on someone's distraught, tear-blurred, frantic cry for help. What if you had lost your bob-tailed dog? Besides, you spelled "flyer" wrong. Please read Isaiah 28:11.
Aunt Mags, I feel so ashamed.
People should read this.
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