{"id":3804,"date":"2012-03-02T14:21:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T06:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/?p=3804"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:30:53","slug":"40-ridiculously-cringeworthy-mistakes-that-prove-punctuation-does-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/40-ridiculously-cringeworthy-mistakes-that-prove-punctuation-does-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Ridiculously Cringeworthy Mistakes That Prove Punctuation and Proofreading Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GrammarFailing to use a punctuation mark, using it in the wrong place, or failing to proofread is one of the most effective methods of transforming a great piece of writing into something that sucks.<\/p>\n

These absolutely delightful examples of the way in which punctuation can completely change the meaning of an intended message, are cringeworthy, but brilliant. These guys deserve medals for turning otherwise dull and mundane signs into something that we can all have a laugh at. Editing and proofreading<\/a> really does matter!<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

\"State
Perhaps this explains the unemployment rate?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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2.<\/p>\n

\"Sign
You simply must…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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3.<\/p>\n

\"Sign
Just what kind of venue is this?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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4.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
Was this guy adopted?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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5.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
A comma between the words “black” and “baby” may have avoided the possibility of the poster being branded racist… or dumb!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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 <\/p>\n


\n<\/a>6.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
These crazy animal fetishes simply have to be put to a stop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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7.<\/p>\n

\"Sign
Is it a proofreading mistake, or are they just being honest?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Read more: Reasons why proofreading is important<\/a><\/p>\n

8.<\/p>\n

\"Guy
That would make an interesting sequel to “The Hangover”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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9.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:<\/p>\n

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10.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
Thanks for clearing that up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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12.<\/p>\n

\"Sign<\/p>\n

\n

14.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
What strange cult is this?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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16.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
Sounds like a great offer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\n

18.<\/p>\n

\"If
Just tell someone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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20.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
She is whatever she says she is…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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22.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
It\u2019s not really fresh, but we like to pretend it is.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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24.<\/p>\n

\"Come
It’s not really clean, but we like to pretend it is.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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26.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
Pregnant children? Was this in Walmart?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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28.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
Hannibal Lecter’s version of the famous bumper sticker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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30.<\/p>\n

\"No,
No, no need for that comma.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Read more: Proofreading isn’t easy!<\/a><\/p>\n

32.<\/p>\n

\"No
So go ahead, do what the hell you want.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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34.<\/p>\n

\"Thanks
Is this guy the 20th “Dad” to come along?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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36.<\/p>\n

\"Reads:
Open Sunday’s what? Will she object?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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38.<\/p>\n

\"Please
When in New Zealand…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

39.<\/p>\n

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40.<\/p>\n

\"Sign<\/p>\n

This may be the catastrophe to end all catastrophes. Although I do share his dislike of emos.<\/p>\n

Need help with your written English? Check out Vappingo’s\u00a0professional proofreading services<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Failing to use a punctuation mark, using it in the wrong place, or failing to proofread is one of the most effective methods of transforming a great piece of writing into something that sucks. These absolutely delightful examples of the way in which punctuation can completely change the meaning of an intended message, are cringeworthy, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun-and-fails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10002,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3804\/revisions\/10002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}