Let's count 'em down

which is
which are
that is
that are

(For example: "He encouraged shoppers to buy shoes that are made in the United States.")

No.

Many — no wait, MOST — times, these can be eliminated in favor of a less-clunky sentence. Cut cut cut!

While the normal people were getting drunk...

...I was catching sign errors on Fire Island!


I do like lobster, though.

Just opposite, there's a similar sign where we are "over looking" a different set of problems:



As much as I like to eat things that cost 10 'dollas-dollas,' it kind of makes me feel like a gangster.

No greater redundancy

People, people, PEOPLE! Can we please stop using the phrase "online blog"?

That would be awesome, k thx bai.

Short words have feelings too

The street fairs are popping up again, and that means so are terribly spelled signs! One love, purveyors of cheap, awesome shit. One love.

If you're looking for more chuckles, check out the Web site featured in the banner. "The Only Place Find the Quality Jewelry Below Wholesale Price!"

Best. Sign. Ever.

Thanks to Alex H. for letting me rip this off. It's his photo, snapped outside a Chinese restaurant in Queens. Presumably in a quite noisy (or prostitution-heavy) area.

Via Gawker

I'm obsessed with Gawker, and today they had a bit of fun with grammar, which bears repeating:

Here's a sample Meghan McCain bon mot from her Daily Beast column, wherein she recalled the reaction on the part of Daddy's campaign to her suggestion that she start a blog: "A few people even asked me what's a blog." No! You can render that thought as, "A few people even asked me what a blog is," or you can render it as, "A few people even asked me, 'What's a blog?'" But that is not a sentence.

Full post here.

Literally? Literally.

"People tune into me for escapism. When you went to the Glow in the Dark Tour, you were literally transported to another planet."

-Kanye West

Um, NO WE WEREN'T. But I bet he thinks we were.