Monday, 27 October 2014

Spelling nightmare

More menu mayhem!
Three mistakes - two spelling and one adjective use.
Can you spot them?!



Answers below!







ANSWERS!

In the first line it should be wine, not vine (vine is the plant which grapes grow on).
In the second one, it should be iced coffee - the adjective is iced not ice, and coffee is with double e.

Sunday, 26 October 2014

Bad taste

Another example of simple mistakes on expensive signs.
Two words, both wrong!
Can you see the mistakes?





Answers below!







ANSWERS!

Gourmet is only used in the singular.
Cousine is a mix up of two words - cuisine (food) and cousin (a relative)!

Saturday, 11 October 2014

Hotel problems

These two signs were both in a hotel I stayed in near Salzburg last week.
But what is wrong?
Answers below!









ANSWERS!

In the first photo, it should say ''non-smoking'', not ''non-smoker''!

In the second one, ''at choice'' is wrong. There are two ways to correct it:
''You have two kinds of pillow to choose from.'', or
''You have a choice of two kinds of pillow.''

Monday, 17 June 2013

Sounds tasty!

What is wrong here?
Answer below!






ANSWER:


The problem is adjective order. It should say 'Old Czech dessert'. But it would be best to say something like 'traditional' rather than 'old'.

Articles again

Another problem with the definite article. Plus the verb should be changed.
(This is from a cash machine.)
Answer below!







ANSWER:

It should be 'a' receipt, not 'the'.
And it would be much better to simply say: 'Would you like a receipt?'

Some mistakes last forever!

A costly mistake here - it is on a lot of t-shirts. But what is wrong?
Answer below!







ANSWER:


The letter c is missing from extinction.

Plurals

What is the problem here?
Answer below!









ANSWER:

The singular is potato. The plural is potatoes.
The American politician Dan Quayle famously made this mistake in 1992.

WiFi or not WiFi?!

This is a very common mistake. But what is wrong?
Answer below!








ANSWER:

It should be 'Free wifi'. 'Wifi free' suggests that there is NO wifi, as in 'smoke-free' or fat-free'!

Change needed!

What is going on here?!
Answer below!






ANSWER:

The problem is the letter (or diagraph)  'ch' which is exists in a number of languages, including Czech (the photo is from Prague).

Too many articles

The are too many articles here. And what are they trying to say about dogs?!
What should the sign say?
Answer below!







ANSWER:
'No photography without a photocard. No dogs allowed in the exhibition'
We don't really use 'exposition' in English. It can be used for a large public exhibition or show, but is not so common. See here for the Oxford Dictionary definition.