Prices Right. Grammar Wrong.

This was another ad in Juice. It should read "Bring This Ad In For..." or "Mention This Ad For..." to be correct.

Grammatically Incorrect Night Out

This was an ad in Juice. It should read "Girls' Night Out" to be correct.

I Can Tell the Difference

For another one of my classes, we went on a field trip to a printing press. There were about 10 huge stacks of Hy-Vee posters like this one. They each had a name-brand product with its label peeling down, revealing the Hy-Vee brand underneath. All of the posters read: "If you can't tell the difference, why pay the difference" ... with no question mark! There were hundreds of posters! Maybe they meant to do that, but it bugs the crap out of me. I may only buy name-brand now.

Down Syndrome Senator

The first time I read this, I thought it was saying Catilin Cox, the "then-Illinois senator," grinned as she showed Obama pictures...and that Cox has Down syndrome. I was in disbelief that one of our senators had Down syndrome but then I reread it and quickly realized they were referring to Obama. I was skimming, but it is still worded tricky.

Here's the intro:

"When she met Barack Obama two years ago, Caitlin Cox proudly wore the two bronze medals she had won at the Special Olympics. The then-Illinois senator grinned as she showed him pictures of her signature bubble-gum-pink bowling ball and posed for photographs with her.

Cox, who has Down syndrome, excitedly recalls that meeting each time she sees Obama's photo on a magazine cover or hears him mentioned on TV."

Los Angles Times
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Despite the president's apology, athletes and others say they are disappointed with his remark on Jay Leno's show.
By Stacy St. Clair and John McCormick March 21, 2009

Dairy Queen

The Dairy Queen sign on Merle Hay Road said "SAVE $300 ON ANY CAKE"
They must have expensive cakes.

I'll try to go back and get a picture before they fix or change it.

Travelers Umbrella

I was doing research for an article and looked up the Travelers Insurance Company umbrella sign, which is in downtown Des Moines. On the Living Downtown Des Moines website, their title of their article reads, "Des Moines Landmark: The Traveler's Umbrella Sign."
It should be read, "Des Moines Landmark: The Travelers' Umbrella Sign" since the company spells their name "Travelers."

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Thenewest

This was the centerfold of an article in Women's Health (March '09). The full article title was "IS WORKING OUT THENEWEST HEALTH THREAT." I read then reread the title trying to figure out what "thenewest" was. It didn't help that "thenewest" were the only letters printed in yellow. It sounds like a new navigational direction. I spread the centerfold as wide as it could (pictured) but the center is still eating part of the letters.