Permanantly

Permanantly closed, eh?

This sign, on the wall of the old gym at my workplace (across the hall from my office), has a little problem. Unfortunately, it's permanant, since this sign isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

The best part, though? The little "e" that someone (not me) drew above the errant "a" on the sign. I love the fact that someone else in my workplace cares enough to engage in guerrilla proofreading.

Journalists Who Can't Write

It's an epidemic. And we're not immune here in the Beehive State.

Check out this double-whammy from the Deseret News. It wasn't enough that the photo caption read "For the second year in a year..." - which is a feat of chronological contortionism - but the lead sentence begins with a construction that's nearly as bad: "For the second year in a row..."

Sorry to break this to you, Deseret News, but two items do not make a "row." Three in a row, yes. Two in a row? Nope. That would be, "For the second year running..." or "For the second consecutive year.." or even "For the second straight year..." But...NO ROWS FOR YOU! Not until you have three items or more.

UPDATE: And......they did it again!