I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar: A Collection of Egregious Errors, Disconcerting Bloopers, and Other Linguistic Slip-Ups [Paperback]

Sharon Eliza Nichols (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 29, 2009

Correct grammar and proper spelling can be a challenge, and their absence can be a source of gleeful humor to everyone but the victim of a bad grammar attack. How do you react to sandwich boards, road signs, laminated instructions, and other written missives that are just not exactly what their creator meant? If you’ve ever (gently) judged anyone else for their linguistic failures, if you find yourself guffawing about the frequent confusion between “incontinence” and “inconvenience,” if you’ve ever been tempted to whip out your marker to add in or cross out apostrophes, and if you've refused to answer e-mails in which “your” and “you’re” are used interchangeably, this book is for you. With pictures culled from the Facebook group by the same name, I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar is a hilarious and eye-opening tour through restaurants and shops, through parking lots and along winding roads, and around the world. 

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About the Author

Sharon Eliza Nichols created the Facebook group I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar, which boasts more than 350,000 members and 7,000 photos of misspelled and ungrammatical signs. Sharon has been featured in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and lives in Tuscaloosa, where she is a law student at the University of Alabama.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (September 29, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312533012
• ISBN-13: 978-0312533014
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sharon Eliza Nichols created the Facebook group "I judge you when you use poor gammar.", which boasts more than 430,000 members and 8,000 photos of misspelled and ungrammatical signs. Sharon has been featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and lives in Charleston, S.C.

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh-out-loud funny, November 7, 2009

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar: A Collection of Egregious Errors, Disconcerting Bloopers, and Other Linguistic Slip-Ups (Paperback)

Sharon Eliza Nichols created a Facebook group dedicated to showing off signs demonstrating poor grammar, punctuation and spelling. So many hilarious examples were discovered that she decided to share them with the rest of the world. This book is chockfull of pictures of pictures of these signs, many of them laugh-out-loud funny. My favorite being the one that reads, "English is our language/no excetions/learn it". <Sigh>

I really enjoyed this book, as did my teenage children. If you want a good laugh, then pick up this book! You won't be disappointed.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Husband's (Steve) Thoughts, October 10, 2009

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This review is from: I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar: A Collection of Egregious Errors, Disconcerting Bloopers, and Other Linguistic Slip-Ups (Paperback)

"I judge you when you use poor grammar", by Sharon Eliza Nichols is a cute and clever picture book of embarrassing grammar errors. Bloopers, spelling errors, and apostrophe misuse are shown along with a comment highlighting the errors. It is divided into ten chapters; each groups the errors by usage categories, like Chap. 1, Food and Drink, which show signs, posters, messages, and menus from eating establishments. Chapter 6, Edumacation, has pictures of school marquees and a priceless one of the Village of Crestwood.

If English is your second language, then some of these mistakes can be explained. However, newspapers, city traffic signs, professional educators and the Department of Homeland Security? One of my favorites is the last one. It is a picture of a man in a protest demonstration. He holds two hand-printed signs. One says "GO USA", the other says "Get A BRAIN! MORANS". Enough said.

18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A picture book for people who like to feel smarter than other people., July 22, 2010

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This review is from: I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar: A Collection of Egregious Errors, Disconcerting Bloopers, and Other Linguistic Slip-Ups (Paperback)

This book is a series of photos containing errors and poor word choices. The first few photos may be entertaining, but the errors are so repetitive that they eventually become only annoying. Imagine an e-mail forward with way too many attachments and you'll have a good idea of what to expect.