tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post7936681113341454566..comments2023-10-08T00:53:44.578-07:00Comments on The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar: Book Publisher Seeks Photos of Bad GrammarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-33628535028790551282010-07-27T11:17:27.545-07:002010-07-27T11:17:27.545-07:00I wish I had a photo of the elementary school bull...I wish I had a photo of the elementary school bulletin board I passed years ago that stated:<br /><br />"Word of the Week: Self-control/Virtue."<br /><br />Um, when I went to school those were two words.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684124498981972463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-62027460488683090742010-07-26T12:05:50.179-07:002010-07-26T12:05:50.179-07:00Thanks so much to Martha for sending out the word ...Thanks so much to Martha for sending out the word about my photo hunt. I am looking for photos to open each chapter of a university/college level textbook. Usable photos would need to be high-res (the equivalent of a 5x6 at 300 dpi). Unfortunately, due to copyright restrictions, photos taken inside businesses will not be usable, unless you were to find a very agreeable business that didn't mind being embarassed. If you have something you think would suit, please send a low-res copy to me at mtolsonATrogers.com. Many thanks.mtolsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00783763874536044056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-58192505239598538952010-07-26T07:54:11.294-07:002010-07-26T07:54:11.294-07:00Seems to me that the post about the book might ben...Seems to me that the post about the book might benefit from some editing. For example: "...phrases; E.g. 'Many...'" If I were smooth-reading this selection, I'd insert a tag there: [**should it be a lower-case e on the e.g.?] I'd get to tag several things.<br /><br />I'm just sayin'!!!!!!!<br /><br />^_^<br /><br />Sue.<br /><br />P.S. Please feel free to cite the overuse of exclamation points from my sentence above.GenKnithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968867557397120634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-21091247318705051332010-07-26T07:32:34.007-07:002010-07-26T07:32:34.007-07:00Do you have an email address for Melody Tolson? I...Do you have an email address for Melody Tolson? I found her on LinkedIn, if that helps:<br /><br />http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/melody-tolson/16/268/76bLance-Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628395377093662047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-36830479736422204512010-07-26T00:17:33.168-07:002010-07-26T00:17:33.168-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-89203931441864281062010-07-25T15:19:45.451-07:002010-07-25T15:19:45.451-07:00Maybe I'll just send them my copy of "Dum...Maybe I'll just send them my copy of "Dumbing Down Our Kids" (by Charles J. Sykes). Loved the book. Hated the typos. They ranged from plain vanilla misspelled words to mismatched tenses to full-on incoherent sentences. The majority of them were clearly the result of the author (or an editor) changing half of a sentence without checking to change the affected words in the other half of the sentence. I started folding over pages with errors, and nearly half the pages were folded by the time I finished the book.<br /><br />In a book with any other topic, it would have simply been irritating. In a book about the lack of quality in our education system, it was downright hilarious.Mama Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031670766962137707noreply@blogger.com