Grammar that makes you cringe

[citoyen]

I would infer that the aforesaid men had two noses each, and that whoever formulated the sentence didn't really know how to say so clearly.

It appears to be clear enough that you were able to make the correct inference.

[jsabine]

I doubt that you will find yourself doing that too frequently.

True but that's missing the point somewhat.

"Men with a big nose and a small nose" is entirely clear and unambiguous if you follow the logic of it. You're all making this far more complicated than it needs to be.

Except that where clear and unambiguous logic leads us beyond the grounds of physical possibility (at least, absent mutations), it's arguable that it's not us introducing the complexity.

[T42]

I would infer that the aforesaid men had two noses each, and that whoever formulated the sentence didn't really know how to say so clearly.

It appears to be clear enough that you were able to make the correct inference.

Much of the Internet would be unintelligible if we weren't capable of reading past what the author really meant to say.  That doesn't mean it's sparkling prose.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

May - permission.
Might - probability.
Due - time.
Owing - cause and effect.

"Due to leaves on the line the train may be late" - no, no, no.

[red marley]

Spotted on the way home from work this evening. I must have passed this many hundreds of times in the last few years but have never noticed it before.

[citoyen]

Nice juxtaposition of the word launderette reflected in the glass though.

[jsabine]

Seems fair enough to me - after all, they're your beautiful nails or tan, not mine. Or maybe it's just run by a Ms or Mr Your.

(Yes, the juxtaposition of Launderette makes it.)

[Cudzoziemiec]

File under "accidents that make you smile".

[Steph]

I find myself yet again wanting to shout at train guards. The train will shortly be arriving AT, not INTO!

[Ian H]

Young person serving in a pub the other day: "May you enter in your PIN number now please, sir."

[jsabine]

I find myself yet again wanting to shout at train guards. The train will shortly be arriving AT, not INTO!

Which station stop was that?

[hellymedic]

I find myself yet again wanting to shout at train guards. The train will shortly be arriving AT, not INTO!

Which station stop was that?

 

[Cudzoziemiec]

At that point the Bluefin 21 submersible drone will be sent down to search for wreckage on the sea floor, but this could be a laborious and pain-staking task made more difficult by the presence of silt.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26984162

It would have been even more painful if there had been not only stakes but slits instead of silt.
 

[Cudzoziemiec]

From the blurb of a Festival of Ideas event about some local campaigners against FGM:
Hear how they have managed to break down the wall of silence around FGM and why they won't be stopping to talk about it any time soon.

[Cudzoziemiec]

And one that's grammar only in the widest sense of the word:

S		O	N		L
G					E
O					A
D					D

[hellymedic]

Dextrous toes!

<<Insp Richard Mallett, of the Surrey Roads Policing Unit, said officers had also spotted a lorry driver texting with one foot on the dashboard.>>

From http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-27196621

[Pickled Onion]

[tiermat]

From a ticket in our queue today:

"After logging users sessions off and them logging back in users no longer experience the issue until it occurs again."

[phantasmagoriana]

Radio 4 presenters: please learn the difference between "temporarily" and "temporally".

[Pickled Onion]

Radio 4 presenters: please learn the difference between "temporarily" and "temporally".

Agreed. https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2205.msg520595#msg520595

[Auntie Helen]

The Germans can't get apostrophes right either!

[Mr Larrington]

That Wendy Hurrell is a pretty enough gel but if she ever again tells me that the rain may lull in the early hours I will not be responsible for any subsequent defenestrations.

And if she meant "LOL", why, that's even worse...

[Guy]

From our Helldesk web page:

Some DII Users will have being unable to of had their UADs rebuilt. A fix has being delivered from engineering

[T42]

From our Helldesk web page:

Some DII Users will have being unable to of had their UADs rebuilt. A fix has being delivered from engineering

They should have written the message before shooting up.

[Mr Larrington]

From our Helldesk web page:

Some DII Users will have being unable to of had their UADs rebuilt. A fix has being delivered from engineering

They should have of written the message before shooting up.

FTFY