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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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.
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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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84 of 108 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When mistakes due to spelling, wording, or placement create an amusing or bizarre effect, you get a book like Fail Nation or Caution: Funny Signs Ahead. When mistakes are simply incorrect, you get this book.
I am a Grammar Nazi, so I sympathize with the frustration of poor English use growing increasingly abundant in today's society. However, this book makes me feel bad for being a Grammar Nazi. When flipping through this book, I get the impression of a disgruntled, condescending teacher publishing students' homework mistakes, which makes me feel stupid via proxy. None of the images in this collection are funny or even particularly noteworthy (PROTIP: a picture should be able to stand on its own merits, and a caption should only add icing to the cake). When the pictures of hilarious gaffes were handed out, Nichols must have showed up late and had to scrape the bottom of the barrel. Is it really worth paying for a compilation of misplaced apostrophes and other uninteresting typos?
Belittling others purely for being wrong does not a funny book make. I would feel amused if a mistake I made was funny and was included in one of these books, but none of these could be considered amusing in the slightest. If the idea was to teach by example a la Eats, Shoots & Leaves, the cavalier attitude is completely unnecessary. Making fun of others is best done with a light-hearted--not ham-fisted--touch, in a way that doesn't make the editor look like a mean-spirited, holier-than-thou literary bully. However, the selection is such that I'm not sure even an attitude adjustment would be much of an improvement.
Overall, I don't think it was worth even flipping through in the bookstore, much less buying. If feeling superior to others is your cup of tea, however, this book may be for you!
I am a Grammar Nazi, so I sympathize with the frustration of poor English use growing increasingly abundant in today's society. However, this book makes me feel bad for being a Grammar Nazi. When flipping through this book, I get the impression of a disgruntled, condescending teacher publishing students' homework mistakes, which makes me feel stupid via proxy. None of the images in this collection are funny or even particularly noteworthy (PROTIP: a picture should be able to stand on its own merits, and a caption should only add icing to the cake). When the pictures of hilarious gaffes were handed out, Nichols must have showed up late and had to scrape the bottom of the barrel. Is it really worth paying for a compilation of misplaced apostrophes and other uninteresting typos?
Belittling others purely for being wrong does not a funny book make. I would feel amused if a mistake I made was funny and was included in one of these books, but none of these could be considered amusing in the slightest. If the idea was to teach by example a la Eats, Shoots & Leaves, the cavalier attitude is completely unnecessary. Making fun of others is best done with a light-hearted--not ham-fisted--touch, in a way that doesn't make the editor look like a mean-spirited, holier-than-thou literary bully. However, the selection is such that I'm not sure even an attitude adjustment would be much of an improvement.
Overall, I don't think it was worth even flipping through in the bookstore, much less buying. If feeling superior to others is your cup of tea, however, this book may be for you!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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There are some great funny books like this out there. But this is just not one of them. 50% of the errors are misplaced apostrophes which gets really old. I bought it as a joke for a friend thinking he would get a kick out of it but it is just not that great of a read.
18 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
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.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
HYSTERICAL
Can not believe just how many of these grammatical errors exist across the country. Super Entertaining. Great coffee talk book.
Published 4 days ago by B Glaus
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not entertaining.
I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar was worth about ten minutes of reading at the library. Unfortunately, I found it to be a total yawn. Read more
Published 11 days ago by J. Arena
3.0 out of 5 stars
Meh...
There are a few quasi-funny entried in this book, but to be honest, you can find better stuff online and for free. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Meagan
1.0 out of 5 stars
I Judge You When You Get Petty
Thank Higher-Being that I got it used at a buck. As I have a husband opposed to good grammar, I handed this book to him, and he O.K.'ed the purchase of it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Amy Steele
5.0 out of 5 stars
awesome
got a ton of laughs out of this book! it was my coffee table book for a very long time
Published 2 months ago by christine snyder
1.0 out of 5 stars
I judge you when your books not funny!
I love that the "Acknowledgement" begin with God who clearly states in His word "Judge not lest ye be judged." Who am I to stand against a directive like that . . . Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dwide Schrude
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best way to show students what can happen when you don't know...
What sinks in most in teaching students about grammar are examples of the problems such goofs can cause -- and this book of signs, etc., with miscues does the trick beautifully.
Published 3 months ago by T. D. Schellhardt
2.0 out of 5 stars
Humorous and disturbing
This collection of road signs, restaurant notices and other postings is humorous and yet disturbing to those of us who value the correct usage of the English language. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Pat
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun Book
I tend to be a grammar stickler and I really enjoy books like this. It's fun to read, but too many of the photos center on misplaced apostrophes, and it would be more entertaining... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Christie V
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Funny
I purchased this as a gift for my daughter. its a great little book full of funny examples of poor grammar. Read more
Published 5 months ago by R. J.
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