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Our 100th Post

It’s official: you’re reading the last word‘s hundredth post. At this rate, we should reach our hundredth reader in March of 2017.

How to celebrate? By smugly pointing out grammatical errors in a hand-written sign! Consider this one, taped to the altar of the Church of the Lord Jesus with Signs Following, Jolo, West Virginia:

Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA.

More photographs here.

On second thought, I’ll simply point out that there are at least a dozen problems (grammatical, not theological) with this notice. Whoever correctly identifies the most—using the comments feature below—before 3 p.m. Friday, October 8 will win a complete set of FREE autographed AMD staff business cards!

Let the insanity begin!



10.06.2010, 12:41pm
by Susanna Weise


Paster – A noun, yes, but not proper. Then again, Pastor Harvey Payne could very well be a Nounist – though I’m not sure that movement has spread beyond North Idaho. And the word is misspelled.
Congregation – Same as above except, happily, this word is spelled correctly.
Responsible – Any Nounist worth his salt would know this word isn’t worthy of a cap. Show me one instance in our Constitution where “responsible” is capitalized.
That – should be “who”
Serpent’s – should be plural, not possessive
Get’s – What’s with the apostrophe?
Bit – should be “bitten” (Future perfect, right?)
If you get bit – Conditional clause should be separated by a comma, but there are two different schools of thought on that.
Bit – should be “bitten” (Future unreal conditional, or is future passive? Regardless…)
Church – We’ll assume this is metonymy and let it go.
You – shift from third-person voice to second-person voice
And – One should never, ever, EVER begin a sentence with a conjunction! The nuns have decreed it so.
Same – random, inexplicable capitalization
With – should be “for”
Poision – Oops, there’s an extra “i” in there.
Paster – Spelled wrong again, and is that a colon? That’s not how a colon is used, silly.

Did I win the autographed business cards?


10.07.2010, 11:16am
by Aaron Bragg


Well then. It appears I’ve met my match. (For the record, I wouldn’t assume metonymy; I find that praying “with” someone often implies praying “for” that person—so I would’ve let it go; and you get points taken away for invoking the nuns.)

Unless someone can top your effort, it seems a series of collectible signed AMD business cards will be delivered via Yak train to LD World Headquarters.


10.07.2010, 4:26pm
by Susanna Weise


Whatever. I should get extra points for invoking the nuns, who could show the Church of the Lord Jesus with Signs Following a thing or two, and not just about grammar. (And it was sarcasm anyway. I love sentences that start with “and”. They’re my favorite.)

You wouldn’t assume metonymy? Really? You think the building is going to stand by the snake-bitten victim and pray? And why would a person or a church pray “with” someone who had just been bitten by a snake or who had just imbibed poison? Consciousness could be an issue, in that case. You’d do better to pray “for” them, and quickly!


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