Mangling English: an occasional rant

Businesses that don't bother checking their websites, journalists who write gibberish and balderdash, professionals who can't take the extra time and effort to spell-check and proofread, newspapers that turn tragedy into farce through solecisms, plus the odd guide to solving common grammatical difficulties… Contributions and suggestions welcome. (… Also corrections if required, obviously!) Send to: manglingenglishATgmxDOTcom, stating your nom de mangle (if desired).

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Wednesday, 23 March 2016

Singular or Plural? # 18

Presently going the rounds online is this confusion of grammatical number. It started so well…

poverty and low pay were […] It was

Friday, 5 February 2016

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 217

Another mangled Facebook meme:

Link: Facebook, Unusual Facts

quite for quiet

Friday, 25 December 2015

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 210

This meme, complete with homophonous mangle and random capitalization, is presently doing the rounds on Facebook, and seems an appropriate way for Mangling English to celebrate the season:

too for to; random capitalization

Sunday, 18 October 2015

You Cannot Be Serious, # 60

There are presently several versions of this meme, which appears on car-window decals and in other formats in addition to the ubiquitous online graphics. Most seem to contain this hideous mangle:

Link: Facebook, Janoskians

miss spell