Thanks to everyone who voted for a second-place winner. The votes are in, and we’d like to congratulate Charlotte P. for taking second place (and for scoring a $25 Amazon.com gift card)! Charlotte submitted this photo of a wearable grammar…

First of all, we’d like to congratulate Chris for taking first place! We’ve emailed him his $50 Amazon.com gift certificate! Also, be sure to check out Chris’ website, Part Time Writer. We’d also like to congratulate Ms. Very Married and…

Our grammar-fail photo contest is officially closed, and we’ve selected our five finalists.  Thanks to everyone who submitted photos!  Voting will close on Thursday, October 28, and we’ll notify first and second-prize winners on our blog and via email. Check…

We’d like to thank everyone who submitted grammar-fail photos for our grammar-fail photo contest.  We’ll post finalists on Wednesday, October 20 — be sure to stop by and vote for your favorite!  Voting ends Wednesday, October 27. Thanks again for…

Thanks to Jeremy and Jenni for their second grammar-fail photo. Jenni says:  ”Spelling sucks.” Thanks, guys! Share or Bookmark:…

Thanks to Kevin Tumlinson for finding another great grammar fail.  Check out this notice from a hotel parking lot: Share or Bookmark:…

Paul says: “I’ve attached a screenshot of a person’s profile on a matrimonial website. He says his hobbies are SINNING, cooking and reading! I’m sure he meant singing ” Share or Bookmark:…

Chris says: “You’d think they’d mess up ‘dessert’ before spelling ‘dining’ wrong. Maybe they were so concerned about getting dessert right that they didn’t pay attention to the rest of the words. Double consonants make call for a short vowel…

Charlotte says: “I don’t know where my husband bought this tee shirt for our son, but there is a huge mistake on it.  I laugh everytime our son wears it. P.S. No one else, including his teachers or anyone in…

Check out this grammar-fail photo from our friend and fellow writer Kevin Tumlinson.  And yes, he found this on a college campus.  Thanks for the entry, Kevin! And be sure to visit Kevin’s website:  http://www.kevintumlinson.com/ Share or Bookmark:…

Miss Casey says: “This sign was taped on the door of a  downtown Detroit gas station.   Between this, and the attendant behind bulletproof glass, we decided that it was a good idea to find another gas station. . . ” Thanks,…

Charlotte says: “This is a sweepstakes from a huge, professional company, yet, on one of their sweepstakes forms, they could not spell ‘September’ correctly. And what amazes me is this sweepstakes has been running for a while and they have…

This picture (and the fantastic headline) comes from Jeremy and Jenni.  They’re now in the running for an Amazon.com gift certificate.  Thanks, gyus! Share or Bookmark:…

Congratulations to our first official (in other words, doesn’t work for us and is therefore qualified to win free stuff) grammar-fail photo entry.  Thanks to Very Married for this awesome example of unnecessary quotation marks. Very Married says:  ”Two reasons…

This great grammar-fail photo is from Michelle.  If she didn’t work here, she’d totally be in the running for a gift certificate from Amazon.com.  If you don’t work for us, and you’d like to get in on our grammar-fail contest,…

This email is from our friend Lisa.  She couldn’t get a photo, so it’s not an official grammar-fail contest entry, but we feel her pain. Thanks for sharing, Lisa! Share or Bookmark:…

This awesomely bad grammar fail is from Kathy (who works for us and can’t win prizes).  We can’t count it as an official entry, but, just . . . wow.   Thanks for sharing “wit” us, Kathy!! Share or Bookmark:…

Are you a grammar Nazi?  A stickler for punctuation?  Do you want a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate?  Do you want a free link back to your website? The Write Blog is happy to announce our first-ever bad grammar photo contest.…

I snapped this picture on my way to an appointment last week: Yikes. Think proofreading is just for printed documents like books, magazines, and reports? Think again: If it has text on it, and other people are going to see…

This question came up during a round of in-house editing this week, so – of course –I wanted to share: Complete this sentence:  I spent hours  _______ over the pages of the magazine. A.)   poring B.)   pouring The correct answer…

I had to share this. So, I bought some shoes from Zappos.com last month, and the day after I placed my order, this fun little confirmation email landed in my inbox: “Yay” is right. Zappos took something that could have…

Good news for all word nerds: The Associated Press has finally made the switch from the old-fashioned “Web site” to the simpler, more natural-looking “website.” Yay! To me, “Web site” has always seemed a little stuffy and English teacher-ish. Good…

Last week, we kicked off a mini-series of AP Stylebook-themed blog posts. This week, we’re sharing a few more gems of wisdom from The AP Stylebook Online. Q: What’s the rule for capitalizing a person’s title? A: It’s complicated, but…

Does “city-wide” need a hyphen? If you’re writing about a sculpture, should you italicize the title, or put it in quotation marks? The truth is, there’s no right answer. In most cases, style choices like this can vary from client…

So, Gamefly.com has been running this ad lately. Check it out: People buy bad video games. They freak out, realizing that they’ve purchased bad video games. They continue to freak out, ostensibly because they’re stuck with their bad video games…

Image via Wikipedia How’s this for a proofreading horror story: Because of a teeny little typo, people calling for a free cab service on New Year’s Eve ended up connecting with an “adult” chat line instead. Oops. That’s the kind…

I don’t know about you, but I gag just a little when someone talks about a ‘teachable moment’ – and, evidently, so do the folks at Lake Superior State University. Teachable moment is just one of the entries on LSSU’s…

Need a creative boost? A good laugh? A few style pointers? Maybe you’re into science fiction or mysteries. Perhaps you prefer nonfiction or graphic novels or biographies. Or fantasy novels. But whatever you’re into, if you’re a writer, you probably…

Forget hard-copy resumes and cover letters. Forget job search sites. Check out how a guy named Hal Thomas landed a sweet new marketing job via Twitter. Just one more reason – if you needed one — to get on the…

Here’s just one more example of two words that are often used interchangeably – and incorrectly. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen something like: Our IT department is comprised of five full-time experts The book is comprised…