I have written over forty columns regarding advertising on television where the sentences end with prepositions. Yesterday I listed the first ten that I discovered. Here are another ten:
"Reviews you can count on"
"It gives you what you are looking for."
"Where the cancer is at."
"So they have something to write in."
"Flavors this good are worth searching for."
"We crunch the numbers so you don't have to."
"Having what you want on the network you rely on."
"The house next door was broken into."
"It is the best we are made of."
"In Alaska you vacation goes further. And Higher."
Can you guess which grammatical goof-up belongs to which company? Follow the links if you want to find out who made the goof-ups.
One person's commentary on how sloppy people have become with the spoken and written word. It all started with one commercial having glaringly bad grammar. I thought I would run out of material if I posted weekly. I was wrong. There are advertisers that need to go to grammar school.
Showing posts with label Angie's List. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Angie's List. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Episode 82: Gram's Grammar: I attempt to help you speak correctly (right?)
Angie's List has an ad running right now that says "We help you hire right the first time." They last time I checked, Right is not a common name for most people. It is either "We help you hire the right person the first time" or "We help you hire correctly the first time." I don't want to hire a Right or a Left. I want to hire the person with the best reviews.
Angie could also say "Our reviews guide you to the best person available for your needs."
This is not the first grammatical slip-up that I have discovered in the Angie's List commercials. The first commercial that caught my attention was "Reviews you can count on." It was just this past August.
My word to my readers is proof-read your copy before it runs.
Angie could also say "Our reviews guide you to the best person available for your needs."
This is not the first grammatical slip-up that I have discovered in the Angie's List commercials. The first commercial that caught my attention was "Reviews you can count on." It was just this past August.
My word to my readers is proof-read your copy before it runs.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Angie's List - Grammar you can count on.
I like Angie's List. I am a subscriber to Angie's list. Angie's List needs to grammar check their commercials.
People have trust issues, in general. People want to trust the people whom they hire to take care of home remodeling, pet sitting, and other services. That is the point of the advertisement.
The ad says that they have "reviews you can count on." Ending a sentence with a preposition is wrong. The tagline of the commercial should be "Reviews that you can trust."
People have trust issues, in general. People want to trust the people whom they hire to take care of home remodeling, pet sitting, and other services. That is the point of the advertisement.
The ad says that they have "reviews you can count on." Ending a sentence with a preposition is wrong. The tagline of the commercial should be "Reviews that you can trust."
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