I have to say that I have never cared much for the music of Diana Ross. I do love Motown, but something about Diana’s voice just rubs me the wrong way. However, the death of Michael Jackson had me thinking about her, and that reminded me of this song, a song I especially have never cared for because of its heinous crimes against the English language. Give it a listen. Then click continue reading to see if your answer matches mine, ‘though I’m pretty sure your anguish could never match mine!
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Comments: 1July 3rd, 2009 by scrivener
Comments: 0April 17th, 2009 by scrivener
I’m enjoying these musical Friday quizzes and hope you are, too. This week’s is from The Doors. “Touch Me” is a classic song, but one line (that gets repeated several times) drives me crazy for its gross grammatical incorrectness. Can you spot it? Click continue reading below and see if your answer matches mine!
Comments: 0April 10th, 2009 by scrivener
I need to say first that John Mellencamp is one of my idols. He is in my top five favorite musicians of all time (with Bruce Cockburn, T Bone Burnett, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan) and the main reason I ever learned to play guitar. This song, “Small Town,” is one of the first things I learned to play in its entirety on my guitar, and this is one of the great music videos.
However, as with several other songs in my rep, I have to alter the lyrics slightly because there’s a ridiculous grammatical error in them! There’s a lesson about idolatry here, but we’ll save that for another time and place.
Take a step back in time with me to 1985 (I was sixteen!) and see if you can spot the glaring error in grammar. Click continue reading to see if your answer matches mine!
Comments: 1April 3rd, 2009 by scrivener
For this week’s quiz, watch this video of Bryan Adams performing his hit “Run to You,” listening for the two errors in grammar. Don’t worry about stuff like gotta or ’cause. Rather, focus only on grammar, then click continue reading to see if your answers match mine!
Comments: 0March 27th, 2009 by scrivener
Your Friday Quiz this week is this t-shirt, seen in a Panda Express. There is nothing exactly wrong with it, grammatically, but based on what you expect the shirt’s meaning to be, what should be done to fix it? Click read more and see if your answer matches mine!
Comments: 0August 15th, 2008 by scrivener
It’s time once again for the Friday Quiz. Take a look at this commercial for a sample sale and see if you can find the problem with its language. Then click continue reading below to see if your answer matches mine!
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Comments: 0August 8th, 2008 by scrivener
It’s time for the Friday Quiz! Please watch this very short clip taken from a Hope Chapel Kapolei broadcast on community access television. Identify the problem with its language and click continue reading below to see if your answer matches mine!
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Comments: 0August 1st, 2008 by scrivener
It’s Friday, and you know what that means! It’s time for the Friday Quiz! Take a look at this Lysol commercial and see if you can spot the grammatical problem. Then click continue reading below to see if your answer matches mine!
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Comments: 0July 25th, 2008 by scrivener
Yes, it’s another prescription medicine commercial. Can you spot the grammatical errors? Watch the commercial, then click continue reading below and see if your answer matches mine! I have to warn you that there are all kinds of things wrong with this, and I might not catch them all, so do the best you can and let’s compare notes.
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Comments: 2July 18th, 2008 by scrivener
Here’s one that’s really quick, so pay attention! Not only is it quick, but I think it is TOUGH to notice, because the error is one we hear (and use, I’ll admit) every day. Can you spot the grammatical error in this KFC commercial? Click continue reading below to see if your answer matches mine!
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