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Imagine you’re on The Grammar Police Force and you’ve just been promoted to Detective. What do you NOT want to be the first case you handle?


  Grammar-related infractions, please. 

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Posted - August 12, 2021

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  • 44652
    That gal in the corner.
      August 12, 2021 7:43 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Your first assignment is to go to the supermarkets and tell the managers that they need to change the sign to 10 items or FEWER instead of 10 items or less.
      August 12, 2021 9:39 AM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      Hmmmm. Thank you, but it appears you’ve misread or misunderstood the question.
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      August 12, 2021 10:28 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    I know but I tried scratching my head and that old trick didn't work.
      August 12, 2021 10:56 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    That's actually done correctly in the stores I patronize.
      August 12, 2021 10:32 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Investigating a colleague for corrupt punctuation.
      August 12, 2021 10:36 AM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      Hey, wait . . . !


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      August 12, 2021 10:41 AM MDT
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  • 17620
    An investigation into the murder of an investment banker.  The lead suspect is Captain Maid's nephew. 
      August 12, 2021 12:54 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Dangling participles or split infinitives. 
      August 12, 2021 8:36 PM MDT
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  • 581
    Eye wood knot makeup oust he skool. 
      August 13, 2021 1:13 AM MDT
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  • 23650
    To prove again why none of Alanis Morrissette's examples in "Ironic" are ironic.

    I know many people care but I don't!  I love the song! Please don't put me on that case!

    ;0
    :)
      August 23, 2021 7:50 PM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      (Cough, cough.) It’s probably best that I be the one assigned to her case. No sense in wasting resources, you know.




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      August 23, 2021 11:11 PM MDT
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  • 23650
    A good plan, indeed.
    :)
      August 24, 2021 7:19 AM MDT
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