From the Grammar Police

A rocky place!

Eliot recently visited the Rockies in Montana and Alberta. Beautiful scenery. Wonderful people. But the Grammar Police had to, grudgingly, write a few citations.

“Their cattle eat only grass and other forage, such as hay.”

First you won’t let me enter. Now you won’t let me prosecute?

Iraq’s Highway of Death. Skid Row. The road to Area 51. Those are infamous roads. This is a famous road.

And we go to the video archives for Segment 91: Huh?

Readers: "Something Went Horribly Wrong" features samples of bad writing we see nearly every day. You can participate! Be our duly deputized “grammar police.” Your motto: “To protect and correct.” Send in your photos of store signs, street signs, menus, TV news graphics, newspaper headlines, tweets, and so on. It doesn’t have to be a grammatical error. It can be just what we call “cowardly writing.” Include your name and home town so we can credit you properly. You're free to add a comment, although we reserve the right to edit or omit. Now get out there! Send to Eliot@eliotkleinberg.com

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