Dear Readers,
For the past forty-three months, I have been writing this blog in order to defend the English language.
I hope that you have enjoyed reading it and perhaps you have learned something from it. As a kind of culmination, I offer to you a simple "test." Below is a flyer I acquired and upon reading it, I found 13 errors (spelling, grammar and punctuation). I challenge you to find all thirteen. The answers are at the bottom of this page. Good luck!
ANSWERS
Column 1
1. Balboa Blvd does not have a period at the end of the abbreviation.
2. All Regular Price Shoes - it should be "priced."
Column 2
3. The quote marks around the first paragraph are not necessary.
4. On the very first line, each word of the name of the store should be capitalized: The Walking Shoe.
5. Continuing on the very first line, there should be a comma after the word Shoe.
6. In the second paragraph, there should be a comma after the word friendly.
7. Also in that paragraph, the word knowledgable is misspelled (correct: knowledgeable).
8. In the third paragraph, the word specialize needs to be "specializes."
9. And in this paragraph, there should be a hyphen between wide and width.
10. On the first line of the last paragraph, the word "If" should be lower case: "if"
11. The next word in this line, "your," needs to be "you're."
12. Again in this paragraph, instead of a period after the word feet, there should be a comma.
Column 3
13. Toward the bottom of the list of shoe brands, Dr Scholls needs to have a period after the abbreviation Dr.
SCORING
13/13 = 100%
12/13 = 92
11/13 = 85
10/13 = 77
9/13 = 69
8/13 = 61
7/13 = 54
6/13 = 46
5/13 = 38
4/13 = 31
3/13 = 23
2/13 = 15
1/13 = 8%
So, Readers, how did you do? A+, B-, C? If you received lower than an A, maybe you need to re-read all forty-three previous posts. I thank you for letting me offer my expertise.
