Category Archives: Bad writing

The Brokerage or the Drug Store?

Posted on November 22, 2015 by LindaGauer

I’m not even going to think about the sentence construction. It must be Clevver Style.  

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Can I buy some collared greens?

Posted on August 30, 2015 by LindaGauer

K. Byard in The Akron Beacon Journal, writing about a grocer, added her own special touch: “… he needed to go to Cleveland to get the [mustard, collar and turnip] greens….” Does she write about  apprehended criminals being collard?

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Well, she is PRO-conviction

Posted on November 11, 2013 by LindaGauer

Per Paul Foy, Associated Press:  Utah doctor’s conviction follows family’s pursuit …The daughters and sisters of Michele MacNeill hounded authorities to investigate Martin MacNeill….When the verdict was read, they let out a loud yelp before dissolving in tears as the … Continue reading →

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A Pox on Your Haux.

Posted on October 21, 2013 by LindaGauer

Adrants “provides insightful, informed, experiential, no holds barred commentary on the state of the advertising…” which makes this rather embarrassing. “This infographic from International Business Degree Guide is all about the faux pauxs that can occur when translating work to … Continue reading →

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Proofreading prevents embarrassment.

Posted on August 27, 2013 by LindaGauer

That must have hurt.

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Sex makes men immortal

Posted on August 16, 2013 by LindaGauer

So says AARP A 10-year study of 1,000 middle-aged men at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland, showed that men who engaged in weekly sex had half the death rate of men who had less frequent orgasms.

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Proof-needing

Posted on June 26, 2013 by LindaGauer

Unfortunate

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Chocolate Whores for Sale

Posted on March 22, 2013 by LindaGauer

“TRULY….a Chocolate Trollop! OHHHH Soooooo decadent! Get a box today! We will happily package for Easter if you let us know!”

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She Whom?

Posted on January 16, 2013 by LindaGauer

From Ohio.com today: In an Aug. 2011 file photo, Isabelle George holds a notebook containing George family and Tangier restaurant recipes with a photograph of she and her husband Edward George Sr. on its cover as she sits in her … Continue reading →

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Typos damage reputations.

Posted on January 14, 2013 by LindaGauer
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