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<blockquote data-quote="TarionzCousin" data-source="post: 3602246" data-attributes="member: 31304">I lived in New York City for two years, and it was a constant source of amusement/frustration to see improper grammar and misspellings on signs, advertisements, TV commercials, etc. One block from where I lived a bodega sold &quot;Magerzines.&quot; I went in and asked for a magerzine and they had no idea what I was talking about. They had the word misspelled on their storefront canopy for years and had never noticed.Exactly how I feel!After college, I used my degree in English to correct advertisements sent to myself and my roommates and return them to the senders with a note indicating how much money they owed me. I would mark up the copy in red pen and try to refrain from snarky comments. One friend called me the &quot;Grammar Cop.&quot; I have since written several dozen short articles for three employers as the &quot;Chief of Grammar Police,&quot; so I have managed to get paid to correct other people's mistakes.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="TarionzCousin, post: 3602246, member: 31304"] I lived in New York City for two years, and it was a constant source of amusement/frustration to see improper grammar and misspellings on signs, advertisements, TV commercials, etc. One block from where I lived a bodega sold "Magerzines." I went in and asked for a magerzine and they had no idea what I was talking about. They had the word misspelled on their storefront canopy for years and had never noticed. Exactly how I feel! After college, I used my degree in English to correct advertisements sent to myself and my roommates and return them to the senders with a note indicating how much money they owed me. I would mark up the copy in red pen and try to refrain from snarky comments. One friend called me the "Grammar Cop." I have since written several dozen short articles for three employers as the "Chief of Grammar Police," so I have managed to get paid to correct other people's mistakes. :cool: [/QUOTE]

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