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The distinction between "you're" and "your" might not look like much to some, but confusing the two can deeply annoy those of us who value good grammar. While we do understand that learning a second language is a hard job, these comma usage mistakes or spelling errors happen even to the native speakers. That, in turn, can either make the recipient laugh or miss your message entirely. Following the rules of English grammar makes your texts clearer and more respectable.

Learning the difference between homophones like "horde" and "hoard" will also help you stay out of trouble with the grammar police. We suggest checking out this list of grammar jokes, so you know how to stay on their good side!

#1

Help A Thief

Help A Thief

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VirginiaJolly
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10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually, it is an exclamation point she needs. It is an interjection! Help! A thief!

EuricoJunqueira
Community Member
10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Comma police...arrest this man, he talks in math...he buzzes like a fridge"

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    #2

    The Importance Of Grammar

    The Importance Of Grammar

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    Pat Eggleston
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    .... and wait until we get to the apostrophe!

    Pat Eggleston
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    .... and wait until we get to the apostrophe!!

    NaiaraCampo
    Community Member
    10 years ago

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    Wouldn't it be "save lifes" instead of save lives"?

    #3

    Pros And Cons Of Boys

    Pros And Cons Of Boys

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    YamnehRoncero
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is 1) sexist and 2) incredibly sad unless you are a lesbian.

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    Omer Aslam
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny but use the word men. Boys are the type of guys stupid girls date.

    MatthewMann
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    meh. it's not like they used the word c**k. They used the diminutive of Richard. How can you be offended by Richard?

    NatalieKudryashova
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    10 years ago

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    While obviously meant as humorous, this is very much sexist and in poor taste. Imagine a similar joke about girls and their c***s. Everyone would say that's offensive - so how come it's okay the other way around?!

    fredericeeckman
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well there is a HUGE difference between "d**k" and "c**t" actually... You could say to a friend "you're a d**k" as a joke, he would laugh. Say "you're a c**t", it will be another story... It has nothing to do with sexism, it's just that one is very very very vulgar and insulting. Here it would be more as saying to a girl holding a cat that "she has a nice pussy".

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    #4

    Funny Grammar Poster

    Funny Grammar Poster

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    JamesRobertson
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sentence needs more than a comma to make it less psychotic.

    SuzyRhind
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, it just needs a comma or two (because I refer to use the Oxford comma too).

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    #5

    The Importance Of Commas

    The Importance Of Commas

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    PandaBear
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to meet one of these children!

    Maebh
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha that is awesome

    Sophia Cai
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Importance of "and", more like.

    Will Hill
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are no Disabled elderly pregnant children: they're children

    SteveCharters
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You might read David Crystal on the place of layout and spacing in the hierarchy of punctuation.

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    #6

    This Door Is Alarmed

    This Door Is Alarmed

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    VirgilWilliams
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a sign on a door leading out to the back garden in the building where I live that reads, "This door is alarmed from 9:00 p.m to 7:00 a.m.. " They don't, of course, explain why it's never alarmed in the morning or afternoon... ;-)

    #7

    For All You Grammar Nazis Out There

    For All You Grammar Nazis Out There

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    VirginiaJolly
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once it rings, twice it clinks, and three times it stinks. I've seen this more than three times. It really stinks.

    KelleyBaltierra
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, for those of us who haven't seen it before, it rings

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    Kaitie's Mum
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You start with the letter g. It's like the q only the tail goes the other direction. Next, you write two of the letter o. They are circles. You finish with the letter d. It's a mirror image of the letter b. You have now written good.

    SheileaghLeens
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seeing this for the first time here & wish it could be published everywhere that our generational crop of present millennia can easily access & read it... it might help clarify their sometimes muddled general linguistic perspectives!

    DavidMcWethy
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That easily corrected,though: "Prepositions are not words to end sentences with, you fumduck!

    Phil Daniels
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apart from the unfunniness, there are those who believe points 2 and 3 might be good advice. They're not. Winston Churchill demolished point 2 referring to it as a piece of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put. Secondly, re 3, if the passive voice were to be avoided, it would have died out. As it is, it is a vital part of English.

    Phil Daniels
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flat wrong: I think Winston Churchill demolished point 2 with his reference to 'arrant pedantry up with which I will not put'. Secondly, re 3, if the passive voice were to be avoided, it would have died out. There are several reasons why it is an essential part of English.

    Roxanne Stuart
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shouldn't the title be "How to write well" not "good"?

    Phil Daniels
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely. It's supposed to be a joke - only it's not funny.

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    MariaLouisaAmaliaDianaSukowati
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    10 years ago

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    it's G-O-O-D ! That's how you write good ^^ How To Write Well seems failing at the very first attempt... -_-

    DariaB
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the point. Each rule defies itself, if you read it.

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    #8

    Your Pretty

    Your Pretty

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    SheileaghLeens
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can totally relate to this 'outrage'!!!

    RobynScott
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And she would always wonder why she was single...........

    JesseHeinonen
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    10 years ago

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    It is not an adjective. It's a determiner.

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    #9

    Catholic Meeting

    Catholic Meeting

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    IanOsmond
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have at least one friend who's both...

    DerekRitchie
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    id rather know a cat holic than a catholic

    MurderAndBooks
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shoutout to all my frllow cataholic catholics!

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    #10

    Hire Taller Staff Cause I Need A Taco!

    Hire Taller Staff Cause I Need A Taco!

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    #11

    Grammar Nazis Have There Own Problems

    Grammar Nazis Have There Own Problems

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    BiankaNagy
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "There own problems"? I hope that's a joke as well.

    ElizabethGutierrez
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Credit to Danielle Corsetto of Girls with Slingshots. http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/

    Jagmeet Kaur
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their own problem , not there own problem

    #12

    The Curse Of High Apostrophe Intelligence

    The Curse Of High Apostrophe Intelligence

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    BruceBottomley
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I carry a bottle of Wite Out or Liquid Paper with me.

    IanOsmond
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the book EATS, SHOOTS, AND LEAVES, the story is told about a passing a farmstand which had a chalkboard which, on the top line, always said "CARROT'S", but the rest of the vegetables listed were always correctly pluralized. This drove the person telling the story nuts: if the person could get it right the rest of the time, why was it always "CARROT'S" at the top? Fortunately it was all explained when she finally met the owner of the farmstand, Mr. Carrot. It was, in fact, CARROT'S.

    JenniferDavisEwing
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a business not far from where I live, which services (their spelling) "pools, spa's, and decks." Apparently somebody told them that consonants don't require an apostrophe for the plural, but vowels do. *Headdesk*

    Baked_Potato
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure I have one of those stores somewhere near where I live xD

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    Gineke Putters
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

    LíadanNíCana
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think spelling = intelligence. Anyone can spell given the tools. Instead, I would say 'High Apostrophe Knowledge' here. The charactor is clearly lacking intelligence when this affected by the spelling errors lol

    abbysiena
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technical term: "greengrocer's apostrophe"

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    #13

    Grammar Is Important, Kids

    Grammar Is Important, Kids

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    YuriLee
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like saying: i saw my friends, bugs, and birds. I saw my friends, Bugs and Birds.

    JuneHansen
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To match the pictures the first sentence should read. " I invited the strippers, jfk and stalin." The second sentence should be, "I invited the strippers: jfk and stalin." According to the pictures, the first sentence should read as follows. "I invited the strippers, jfk and stalin." The second sentence should read, "I invited the strippers: jfk and stalin."

    DavidSchneiderFriedrich
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is WRONG. NEVER put a comma before an "and". At least in Spanish is like that

    CarmenTomii
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The second sentence seems to be introducing the strippers named jfk and Stalin

    Gineke Putters
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, I'm Dutch. What is the Oxford comma?

    Moosy Girl
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    De Oxford comma is een komma voor het laatste voegwoord in een opsomming van drie of meer dingen. :p

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    Sophia Cai
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Common example: I'd like to thank my parents, Ayn Rand and God. Awkward... though I suppose the last makes sense?

    Hywel Thomas
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rubbish. You'd be right if the second comma was a semi colon.

    Max von Berg
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this an "American" English? We invited the strippers - JFK and Stalin.

    Mara Pekova
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wrong, before and there is no need for comma....

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    #15

    Dear Internet, Grammar Matters

    Dear Internet, Grammar Matters

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    EloCasey
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow did you really missed the pun ? That's sad

    PaulaSue
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No...did you "missed" the pun? You've goofed twice, EloCasey! You're also missing a comma after your first word, and a period after your last. That's sad!!

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    #16

    The Games Get Pretty Crazy At English Teachers' Parties

    The Games Get Pretty Crazy At English Teachers' Parties

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    #18

    Dessert Island

    Dessert Island

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    VeenaChandrasekaran
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm confused. Unless you have diabetes, why would you want to leave? ;)

    awesomeness
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least you don't have to worry about food!

    SheileaghLeens
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So what the heck has he to complain about? Oh... perhaps the lack of drinking water?

    #20

    Ancient Grammar Police

    Ancient Grammar Police

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    #21

    Grammar Snob

    Grammar Snob

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    IdaSteen(Imezia)
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grammar nazis would never add a non-capital letter to an all-capital phrase though.

    TashaHarris
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm reading this article about grammar as I suck at it..But you can be so caught up in it ,you miss the obvious and end up a murder suspect!

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    #22

    Let's Slow Down

    Let's Slow Down

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    JenniferSafrey
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It should be "We'd better". :)

    ViktoriaUhlin
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or even better: "we should better slow down". Shortenings are used too much these days...

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    TomSaintObie
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please decide where to put the capitals and commas:" he helped his uncle jack off his horse."

    Disney
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    battle between Mr. Comma and Mr. Full Stop. 🤣🤣

    dougdoug
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no one gunna mention the "Let is slow down for a second here."?

    #23

    Coasters For Grammar Lover

    Coasters For Grammar Lover

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    Henry Cheves
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    click the buy now button and you can buy these for real

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    #25

    My English Teachers Response To A Grammar Nazi

    My English Teachers Response To A Grammar Nazi

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    UshasiDutta
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "My English *Teacher's* Response To A Grammar Nazi" :P

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    #27

    Jury Of English Majors

    Jury Of English Majors

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    DariaB
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like this one, but it is really a matter of dialect.

    VickieChan
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not dialect. It's double negative = positive. I did not do NOTHING = I did do something = confession ;D

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    #28

    Preposition

    Preposition

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    MariaLouisaAmaliaDianaSukowati
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe it's not only me who feels the urge to write grammatically correct comments with correct punctuation and capitalisation here? :D

    PeterKorsten
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could start writing grammatically correct sentences by saying "it's not only I" instead of "it's not only me". Welcome to inflections. :)

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    CynthiaRose
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I believe it's not only *I*..." is, perhaps, what you meant to type? ;D

    TashaHarris
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I have to look up what a preposition is... Was just trying to relax and look at some nice pictures.. Love Bored Panda :)

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    #29

    Commas Matter

    Commas Matter

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    Henry Cheves
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i m prpsly doong wursr gremr then usul cz its ths

    Alexander MacDonald
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    did you mean "i am purposely doing worse grammar than usual cause its this"

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    #31

    I Enjoy Eating My Cat Mug

    I Enjoy Eating My Cat Mug

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    #33

    Well Grammar

    Well Grammar

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    #35

    A Lesson From The Grammar Nazi

    A Lesson From The Grammar Nazi

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    #36

    Yes, A Winky Face Is Correct

    Yes, A Winky Face Is Correct

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    AshleyLaurens
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Independent clauses. If they were complete sentences there wouldn't be a semi-colon joining them.

    Robert Gonzales
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A comma is used for independent clauses; a semi-colon is used to separate two complete sentences; furthermore, you can also use a semi-colon and a comma around a conjunctive adverb.

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    #38

    Grammar Police

    Grammar Police

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    BruceMardle
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My locality has recently sprouted several signs that read "diversion for over weight vehicles". Damn it, 'overweight' is 1 word! I might have to go round with an indelible marker and add hyphens. That'd be an improvement.

    PiersPalmer
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And don't forget the difference between "I helped my uncle jack off a horse" and "I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse".

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    #39

    Apostrophe Man

    Apostrophe Man

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    RenatoPandorf
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is the Apostrophe man. His sidekick, Comma Boy, is out of town.

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    Raven Bryant
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see why he's not Comma Man...

    Lora Allen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Chalk, please thank that man."

    #40

    Ancient Grammar Police

    Ancient Grammar Police

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    Roxanne Stuart
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    actually the "I before E, except after C" rule has been removed from most schools as there are many words that break that particular rule, and thus it isn't a rule anymore.

    #41

    You Know You’re In Too Deep When You Start Laughing About Your Uni’s Grammar Jokes

    You Know You’re In Too Deep When You Start Laughing About Your Uni’s Grammar Jokes

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    #42

    When English Majors Marry

    When English Majors Marry

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    #43

    Roommate Is About To Learn A Valuable Lesson In Grammar

    Roommate Is About To Learn A Valuable Lesson In Grammar

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    LarrySafran
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's vocabulary rather than grammar so doesn't belong in this list.

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    Lora Allen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I accept the caramel as my personal savior.

    IdaSteen(Imezia)
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe excessive use of . and !, but no grammar errors here, are there?

    #44

    Relationship Tip: Achieve Honest Compliments Through Clever Comma Usage

    Relationship Tip: Achieve Honest Compliments Through Clever Comma Usage

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    #45

    Who / Whom

    Who / Whom

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    #46

    Grammar Owl T-shirt

    Grammar Owl T-shirt

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    #47

    Grammar Joke

    Grammar Joke

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    Lisa-MarieSaunders
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    10 years ago

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    Surely 'and' would be better instead of the first comma in the caption?

    Benny
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't be much of a joke left then...

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    #48

    Cacti..

    Cacti..

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    C.O. Shea
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, the college a few photos ago... plagiarized this comic?

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