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Criminal Sentence 655: A Tattoo I Don't Want to "Recieve" 26 Aug 2013 | 09:06 pm
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Criminal Sentence 654: Heartwarming Story, Not Heartwarming Grammar 3 Aug 2013 | 02:02 am
From an online article (about a girl with cancer): "Tinoco, like so many others, got the opportunity to partner with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and her wish was the same as so many other tennis fans ...
Criminal Sentence 653: Doubly Bad 11 Jul 2013 | 08:08 pm
A sentence from a newspaper blurb about the high cost of student loans (it's a quote from someone at a financial company): "It's clear rising student-loan debt and its larger economic impact is affec...
Criminal Sentence 652: Involve Yourself in Correct Agreement 12 Jun 2013 | 11:00 pm
From a newspaper article about Plan B: "The involvement of parents and medical professionals act as a safeguard for these young girls." This is a classic subject-verb agreement error. The subject is...
Criminal Sentence 651: Ow! My Brain Hurts! 11 Jun 2013 | 03:57 am
A typical sentence from something I'm editing: Ok, the Doctor say's, I'm going to prescribe this anti-inflammatory, this should help you. No quotation marks. Incorrect capitalization. Unneeded apost...
Criminal Sentence 650: Three Son's? 7 Jun 2013 | 07:20 am
As I was on the freeway today, I had the privilege of driving next to a truck with the following business name painted on the side: "Three Son's Trucking" I frowned but did not crash. "Three Son's"...
Criminal Sentence 649: What is good or bad? 29 May 2013 | 02:48 am
From something I'm editing (about how to create an effective review site): "Reading actual comments from past customers, good and bad, can be the most influential component on a review site." The pr...
Criminal Sentence 648: Sweet! 24 May 2013 | 03:11 am
From a book about space travel: "...the Mojave Dessert facility..." This sounds awesome! Chocolate at Mojave? Oops! I guess this is a fun typo! "The Mojave Desert facility" (which refers to the Moj...
Criminal Sentence 647: Typo on Street Sign 7 May 2013 | 04:43 am
Let's all move to New Zealand so we can see this exciting street sign! http://news.yahoo.com/video/city-makes-embarrassing-typo-street-230018873.html
Criminal Sentence 646: A Man or a Spread of Food? 3 May 2013 | 07:59 pm
From today's business section: "Buffet joins Twitter: Billionaire Warren Buffett..." Will this Twitter feed provide all-you-can-eat news?
