Category Archives: Stupid comments

How Do You Tell a Car Guy?

Posted on September 2, 2010 by JP

When he writes “suspensions” when he means “suspicions.”

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A Whine

Posted on September 2, 2010 by JP

You’d think someone who went to college would know how to spell wineries, especially if he or she worked in a tasting room while attending college. But, no. Also, that is not an appropriate use of “ironically.” There is nothing … Continue reading →

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How Not to Advertise Your Business

Posted on July 28, 2010 by JP

This was on Mashable in response to a story on the correlation between Old Spice’s viral videos and their products’ recent sales. Is Howie unclear on the concept of a blog? Does this principal of Sky Pulse Media, which claims … Continue reading →

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Nonsensical Apostrophising

Posted on July 15, 2010 by JP

I swear to Jeebus, I am sick and tired of people indiscriminately apostrophizing words! If I see another bee’s, go’s, alway’s, our’s (I’m talking to you, MG Siegler at TechCrunch) or stop’s, I’m going to scream!!! Tip: Unless you mean … Continue reading →

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And . . . We Are Back!

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Jeff Puthuff

I might as well tell you that TTAG has been a low priority for me since I won a big contract doing tech editing for a large clothing manufacturer AND decided that I wanted to go back to university full … Continue reading →

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