Archive for the ‘Capital punishment’ Category

Does this motel really have a bowl of sedatives in the front office?
Photo by Billy Davis, via e-mail
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- “fury” should say “furry”
- The construction of “and why not a treat for yourself” is awkward
- “and why not a treat for yourself.” should end with a question mark
- The capitalization of “Great Day” is arbitrary

I’m eN’visioning a community college dropout. Odds of witnessing a drug deal during a haircut: moderate to severe.
Photo by Ben Turner via e-mail
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- It is strange that the N is capitalized but the beginning E is not
- The apostrophe does not belong

Answer: I’m on my way to the Verizon store.
Photo by Sarah Jaquith
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- “At” shouldn’t be capitalized
- “Where you at?” lacks a verb
- “Where you at?” has a hanging preposition
- Better: “Where are you?”
- The quotes are okay in this instance, as “Where you at?” is their registered trademark
- It also could be read as having been spoken by the model in the photo

Where Navy pies go after court-martial.
Photo by Sarah Jaquith
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- “Blueberry Pie” shouldn’t be capitalized in this context
- “frig” should be spelled “fridge”

I decided to promote Wordsplosion on Facebook and got some instant unintentional help. Also: geography fail.
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- The sentence should start with a capital letter
- “its was” should be “It was”
- Both instances of “further” should be “farther” (as she is talking about physical distance)
- “egypt” should be capitalized
- “africa” should be capitalized
- “thats” should be “that’s”
- Egypt is a country within Africa, and is one of the easternmost countries in that continent (thus being farther away from North America than most other African countries)
- too many exclamation points

I sense your urgency!
Photo by drcorneilus @ Flickr
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- “ROSE FROM THE DEATH” should be “ROSE FROM THE DEAD”
- “HES COMING” should be “HE’S COMING”
- There should be a space after “SHORT,”
- “REPENT!!!” and “croos!!” should only have one exclamation point
- “He die for you in a croos” should be “He died for you on a cross”
- “Mount of olive church” should be “Mount of Olive Church”

Superscript, he can handle. Everything else, not so much.
Photo by Editor B @ Flickr
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- “You has” should have “You have”
- “a secret person who like’s you” should be “a secret person who likes you” (or better: “a secret admirer”)
- “Find” has no reason to be capitalized in the middle of a sentence
- “who I’m am” should be “who I am”
- There should be no comma between “Your” and “lover”

Sorry Thank. I didn’t “realize” it was your “door.”
Photo by Paull Young @ Flickr
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- “Close” should not be quoted
- There should be no comma after “Close”
- “Thank’s” should be “Thanks”
- “Door” should not be capitalized