They have better grammar than us

Sometimes I wonder if the people who run television companies watch their own shows.  My daughter likes watching the Disney television show "Lab Rats." The show's premise is that Mr. Davenport has created three teens: A smart one, a fast one, and a strong one. The opening sequence starts with the voice-over "...they are stronger than us, faster, smarter." Enough said? Check the pronoun.

So Them Are Here

I have accumulated a small collection of bad grammar moments from television commercials. The commercial that started this train of thought is the Progressive commercial with the confused price shopper talking to "Flo" looking at the comparison board.

The shopper says something along the line of "So, I don't have to give them a call." Fine. Then they say "So them are here." Really? Do we have to dumb down grammar to sell car insurance?

Got Grammar?

I have a former teacher for a mother. A little bit of her good grammar has worn off on me and is impacting how I raise my daughter. If my daughter says "I'm hungry" I say "I'm Daddy, nice to meet you." Annoying. Maybe. It is even worse when she says "Can I have something to eat?" I respond, "Yes you CAN." She has learned that the proper question is "MAY I have something to eat?" The comedy continues when I ask her what she wants to eat and she says "I don't know." I tell her "I don't know how to make 'I Don't Know.'"

This blog will discuss the grammatical  errors that are spoken during national advertisements  There are proof readers, correct?