Boo-boo Patrol
Brought to you by MCCSC Adult Education
at Broadview Learning Center
Patrolling the media for grammar and spelling errors
(And there's no lack of them!)

Good ol' Facebook!

I found this on someone's Facebook page, a place RIFE with errors:

"Look's like someone got some time on there hand's."

Ugh! Here's the excruciatingly correct version:

"(It) looks like someone has some time on his or her hands."

Here's a more fun colloquial version, but still proper:

"Looks like someone's got some time on their hands."

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A great place to go for help with all kinds of thorny writing problems and questions is Grammar and Usage for the Non-Expert, by Tina Blue. I find it to be a big help.