They never cease to fail

December 31, 2014 — Laura

When in comes to quality writing, the scribes at Yahoo! DIY never cease to fail:

never ceases to fail

Why would anyone make cotton candy that is guaranteed to be a failure at wowing guests? What better way to show your carelessness than adding an unnecessary word to a common idiom or confusing then with than?

When it comes to writing errors, these folks never cease to amaze.

Posted in Confused Words, Errors of Fact, than/then, Unnecessary Words, Wrong words. Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , . 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “They never cease to fail”

  1. lectorconstans Says:
    December 31, 2014 at 3:22 pm

    They’re ending the year with a bang!

    Reply

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