How many “c’s” and “m’s” in “accommodate?” Is there a “c” in “acquire?” While it might seem obvious when written out in front of you, English spelling can make fools of the best of us, but most people will probably overlook a misspelled word in a text. But that mistake becomes ever so magnified when you are driving around and see it displayed in, say, a shop window.
The “English Language Police” Facebook page gathers word crimes and grammatical mistakes people have spotted in the wild. So scroll down and enjoy the funniest examples here, upvote your favorites, and be sure to let us know what common language mistakes are your number one pet peeve.
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#1 Listening To “Water Music” Will Never Be The Same Again
Image source: Anindya Roychowdhury
#2 Free Bill Posters
Image source: Jake Schouten
#3 That Was After The Honeymoon
Image source: Jar Raj Grover
#4 So Many People To Send Them To
Image source: Jonathan Good
#5 I Don’t Know If I Can Stay Awake For 5 Days… Anymore
Image source: Dawson Delamar
#6 The Whole Planet? Seems Kinda Harsh
Image source: Silver Elephant
#7 Well That Is One Way To Prevent Theft
Image source: VidE27
#8 Please, Turn Water Into Wine
Image source: Jar Raj Grover
#9 Good Advice
Image source: Robert Mark
#10 Very Witty Indeed
Image source: Corrie Katczynski
#11 You Expect The Guy To Open The Store While Being Circumcised?
Image source: Jar Raj Grover
#12 I Hadn’t Realized It Was Banned
Image source: Emmay McDonald
#13 Okay Then
Image source: Jar Raj Grover
#14 Aldi Australia Is Selling This Stool
Image source: visegripandducttape
#15 Oh My
Image source: Linda Silverman Shefler
#16 Where Is Elon When You Need Him?
Image source: Daniel Rogers
#17 A Sticky Situation To Be In
Image source: Sael-er
#18 The Four Apostrophe’s’ Of The Apocalypseses’s’
Image source: Vincent Turner
#19 No, Thanks
Image source: Gary Kimler
#20 Me In Real Life
Image source: Rich_Dtony
#21 Pretty Intimidating If You Ask Me
Image source: itzme89
#22 Can You Eat Non-Customers At The Tables? Asking For A Friend
Image source: Malka Wolf
#23 Uh, Oh
Image source: Gary Kimler
#24 This Sign
Image source: Corrie Katczynski
#25 Oof
Image source: Bernard Rumbold
#26 Dognuts? Hmmm
Image source: Adam Alnafusi
#27 Clever Crafter’s Fail
Image source: Angela M. Dallas
#28 Let’s Hope The Burger Is Ok
Image source: Boyko Bonev
#29 Yummy
Image source: Jar Raj Grover
#30 Two Lies And A Grammar Gaffe. What An Ad
Image source: Marcy Bauman
#31 I’ve Read This Five Different Ways. Each Giving A New And More Disturbing Meaning To It
Image source: Nicholas del Cioppo
#32 How Can You Fill Both Sides Of An Aisle With One Niche Product Category?
Image source: Gilbert Cockton
#33 Saying “You Are A Cancer” Isn’t Much Better
Image source: Pina Vyas
#34 Seems Awfully Cheap
Image source: Stacy DeMeo Robbin
#35 Unique Eligibility Criteria
Image source: Zoya Rubina Usmani
#36 Misogynists (Somewhere In Canada)
Image source: The Interior
#37 But How Many Fake Ones?
Image source: Marcy Bauman
#38 With The Price Of Gas These Days, He’s Not Wrong
Image source: Dex Amoroso
#39 Shucks, Wouldn’t You Know It, We’re On Vacation And Only Have Our Holiday Maid With Us
Image source: Alastair John Stewart
#40 Hope Agian Shows Up
Image source: David Levy
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