English language offenders: show us examples of bad grammar | Jesús Romero-Trillo

English language offenders: show us examples of bad grammar

English language offenders: show us examples of bad grammar

Spotted any misuses of language by people and institutions who should know better? Share your photos via GuardianWitness

Grammatical mistakes crop up everywhere and are always a subject of lively discussion among our readers. Be it the Bad Grammar awards, the shortlist for which includes offenders such as the NHS, Tesco and Tristam Hunt, or the over-enthusiastic use of ‘literally’, any grammar-related subjects always spark passionate conversations.

With that in mind, we pass the judgment over to you: we want to see examples of poor grammar you have encountered. And as we know that typos and mistakes are hard to avoid ahem we want to focus not on easy targets but on “people and institutions who should know better”, as the Bad Grammar awards put it.

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