does anyone keep track of grammar mistakes in the media?
( t.v. shows, movies, magazine articles, newspapers, ect.)
2007-11-15 11:03:25 · 6 answers · asked by Chuck S 1 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Sometimes... I've found plenty in novels as well.
And YAY you spelled grammar right. =]
I hate when people whine about how people can't spell or use proper grammar these days, yet they spell grammar as 'grammer'.
2007-11-15 11:06:40 · answer #1 · answered by Kate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's actually this one News Station here in Las Vegas and I read the local news online in the morning and MAN, sometimes I can't even read them it drives me so crazy. Whoever writes them is a total moron. Not only grammar mistakes, but even spelling!! Sometimes his sentences don 't even make sense! I'm like, who the hell is writing these?
2007-11-15 11:22:10 · answer #2 · answered by Ivana Cracker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You bet there are. My favorite was included in a TV report of a fatal auto accident. "The driver's head," said the anchorman, "was almost decapitated off."
2007-11-16 03:11:15 · answer #3 · answered by hokielover01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one that annoys me the most is when they don't know the difference between 'than' and 'that'. It happens too often to be a typo.
2007-11-15 11:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by curtisports2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My biggest gripe is people who use of, instead of have. Eg
I would of thought.... nooooo it's I would HAVE thought. In English we say would've which sounds like would of and that has become accepted. Rips my knitting so it does.
2007-11-15 11:12:49 · answer #5 · answered by thatripsmyknittingsoitdoes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't keep track of them, but it is pretty funny when it happens. : )
2007-11-15 11:07:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋