Grammar Goes on Vacation

Part Three - Bianca's Leafs

While driving to the beach this past year, I was aghast when I saw this billboard for Bianca's Tea Leafs.

Stay tuned to find out why...

Grammar Goes on Vacation

Part Two - Your and You're

This one's going to be quick and easy.

I was in a tacky little gift shop looking at all the kitsch when I came across this:

(Image from misspellt.com.  I took a picture on my phone but I live in the dark ages and have no way to upload it.)

Why was I upset?

The big red arrow probably gives it away.

Just in case you didn't get it, let's check out what's wrong with this bad boy.

Grammar Goes on Vacation

Part One - Plurals vs. Possessives 

I was recently on vacation with my husband's family.

While there, I found several cringe-worthy grammar mistakes.  Here's one of them.

I stopped at a restaurant which happens to have my husband's name in the title in order to pick up a t-shirt.  While there in the sale basket, I picked up a shirt for myself with a local from the adjoining sports bar.

The eternal optimist, I like to tell myself it was in the sale basket because of the mistake.

It said, "Just Georges."

Here's my illustration of that phrase:

(Bonus points if you know who all of these guys are.)

So what's the big deal?

Pronouns

First things first: What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun:

me

I

she

he

they

you

us

them

... and so on.

So then the trick that we need to learn is when to use which pronoun.