grammar

Grammar police, meet real police

Ron Newman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:48:39 -0400

Somerville resident Jeff Deck must pay $3,035 and stay out of all national parks for a year after using markers and white-out to correct "typos" on a historic sign at the Grand Canyon.

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Red Sox Hiring Mascots!!! Channel 5 Hiring Editors!!

Jiffywoob — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:12:57 -0400

I think the Grammar Police needs to head down to Channel 5's headquarters. I definitely want to be hired as Wally but I'm not into the 'job lising.' I like using the letter 't' when I talk about lists.

Well, it's, um, accurate

eeka — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:39:23 -0400

From an ad for a job at a large hospital network that has two similar hospitals in Westwood and Pembroke and has a small child/adolescent unit in Lowell:

"Salary will be commiserate with experience."

I used to work there; the salary and the experience DEFINITELY commiserate with one another.