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1. GRAMMAR NAZI
Weekly Wanted
September, FIRST EDITION September 20th 2010
Editors: MOHD HAZIQ ABQARI
MUHAMMAD FARUQ
HARITH ZAKUAN Wanted Grammar
Criminals on page:
Will Firm 2
NEW LEADER WITH NEW RULES
CONFIDENT TO BRING ABOUT Elite Club 2
CHANGE IN GRAMMAR WORLD
Filter Agent 3
it will look like we are
ridiculing this universal The New
Fellow 2
3
l a n g u a g e .
“We are doing
this– correcting these Sales Agent 2
MUETs 3
mistakes and exact pen-
ance to these grammar Will
MPP 2
4
criminals– to sow
awareness among our
people about the impor- Inside Story 3
AC Agent 4
tance of grammatical
perfection”, he added. ICLS Club 4
Grammamar
reminded that we should
embrace this ideal as it Bakery 5
would prep us towards a
conscious English using
“We judge you when used with silly grammar Lab Rules 5
community.
you use poor grammar.” mistakes. We get agi-
So said the head com- tated when people make
missioner of the Gram- grammar mistakes in  How you can help us help
mar Nazi, Ahmad our mother language
G r a m m a m a r .
you:
because we feel we are
“These „errors‟ being ridiculed”, he BE OUR EYES AND HELP
happen because we, the c o n t i n u e d . US CATCH THESE CRIMINALS
community in general He also men-
TO MAKE YOUR LIFE GRAM-
take this foreign lan- tioned that it is impor-
guage so lightly. Most tant that we do not make MATICAL ERROR FREE! IT IS
of feel offended when simple grammar mis- A CRIME TO HIDE IT FROM
our mother tongue is takes in English because US!

2. Page 2 Weekly Wanted
ELITE CLUB, NOT SO ELITE GRAMMAR
We fInd it inappropriate is a member of Grammar Nazi to watch what the though it is just a small
for this elite club that lecturers mistake.
consist of brilliant mem- have been
bers to make grammatical teaching GRAMMAR ERROR :
errors. It is not to be taken and found “To all FITM students /
lightly that brilliant stu- out there above are invited.”
dents make these type of were minor GRAMMAR CORREC-
m i s t a k e s . mistakes in TION : To all FITM stu-
The grammar grammar dents with CGPA 3.5 and
Nazi had no choice but to lessons. The above, you are invited to
take drastic measures. In Grammar etc...
every English class, there Nazi do not tolerate grammatical errors even
POOR GRAMMAR LEGAL PRACTITIONER
Customers are the one most affected when problems occur later in the contract
THE FIRST MISTAKE
“Without a will, then your assets will distributed
according to Distribution Act 1958”
Firstly, “distributed” needs a helping verb “be”, and
“then” is not needed in this sentence.
The mistake should then be corrected to “Without a
will, your assets will be distributed according to
Distribution Act 1958”.
THE SECOND MISTAKE
“Why still waiting, pls don’t make chance on poten-
tial disputes and uncertainties”
Wrong choice of word “make”, and nouns are
needed for the sentence to be grammatical correct.
The correction: “Why are you still waiting? Don‟t
take your chances on potential disputes and uncer-
tainties.”

3. Page 3 Weekly Wanted
WATER FILTER NEEDS GRAMMAR FILTER!
Grammar Nazi strongly feels that The reason that the first It is such a shame that these
this water filter agency should not sentence is wrong is because there is simple mistakes can happen.
make mistakes on their advertise- no verb. The message intended is an
THE FIRST MISTAKE:
“High value trade in your…”
The sentence needs a verb. So it
should be “High value in trading in
your…”.
TH E SECO ND M ISTAK E:
“Sign up HS water plan”
ment, especially grammar mistakes. action voice, therefore it needs a
This can lead to misunderstandings v e r b . The verb should be followed by a
and negative impression of the com- The second sentence is preposition so it should be “Sign up
pany to the readers. These simple clearly wrong because a preposition with HS water plan…”.
mistakes should not happen. i s n e e d e d t h e r e .
FELLOW SOCIETY EMERGENCY MISTAKE
The fellow society was ety learned from their mis- occur within the duty pe-
caught red handed of gram- takes and posted notices riod.......
mar error. This should not with correct grammar usage.
happen since the fellow so- Wrong usage of
ciety should be aware of grammar may lead to misun-
their notices to inform oth- derstandings. They better
ers. They should have not dare to make grammar
checked their notices before mistakes, ever again.
posting it to the public.
No w that the GRAMMAR ERROR :
Grammar Nazi caught them “...problems within...”
red handed, they have to pay
GRAMMAR CORREC-
the price- they were made to
TION : Kindly contact fel-
undergo a grammar boot
lows on-duty should any
camp. After going to the
emergencies or problems
boot camp, the fellow soci-
MUET ADVERTISER MAY NEED MORE MUET
MUET notice has gram-
matical error? Is this a GRAMMAR ERROR :
joke? The notice contains “Document required”
an important info but was
not delivered grammati-
c a l l y w e l l . GRAMMAR CORREC-
Document re- TION : Documents re-
quired was written. It is quired
correct if there is only one
requirement but it has 2
required documents.

4. Page 4 Weekly Wanted
MORE MISTAKE IS YET TO COME!
What?! The Grammar Nazi now at-
tacks student council? What is going
on? What could possibly be the rea-
son of this attack? There is only one
obvious reason for that- grammatical
error. Student councils have to be
careful and extra cautious because
they are the highest ranking student
organization and represent the stu-
dents themselves.
GRAMMAR ERROR : “The more
fun is yet to come”
GRAMMAR CORRECTION :
More fun is yet to come.
DON’T BUY! OUR AIRCONDS
ARE SOLD OUT!
This is the perfect example and trade, when in reality GRAMMAR ERROR :
of how grammatical errors you are selling and trading. “Sold and trade in used...”
can lead to misunderstand- The message means
GRAMMAR CORREC-
i n g s . all of the air conditionings
TION : Sell and trade in
The obvious reason are sold out, so then why
used...
why the sentence is wrong is bother putting up an adver-
because, you cannot use sold tisement?
SELECTION FOR CLUB PROOF READERS
There is no need to attend details like grammatical
this selection. Grammar errors on their advertise-
Want others to attend your ments?
activity? Then make sure the
way you attract others are GRAMMAR ERROR :
grammatically correct. If “We looking forward your
not, then Grammar Nazi will present as it will enlighten
come bearing its claws right our....”
on your front door.
GRAMMAR CORREC-
How to trust an
TION : We are looking for-
organization to manage a big
ward for your presence as it
event when they cannot even
will enlighten our....
make time to double check

5. Page 5 Weekly Wanted
GOOD GRAM MAR
While food catering may have The reason why the sen-
nothing to do with grammatical tence is wrong is simply because
concerns, it does not escape the the preposition used is not suit-
wrath of the Grammar Nazi. able.
Imagine this caterer mis-
read some recipes or instructions GRAMMAR ERROR : “Are
from client because of some silly you busy in your work?”
grammar misinterpretations, GRAMMAR CORRECTION :
would not that cause a ruckus? Are you busy with your work?
LAB RULES VS GRAMMAR RULES
Is this an effective way to GRAMMAR ERROR :
make students follow rules “Students are NOT AL-
and regulations? How to LOWED to surf any prohib-
follow the rules when the ited and against the law
rules are not even clear? website pornography.”
Grammar Nazi definitely
GRAMMAR CORREC-
does not like this kind of
TION : Students are not
half- baked laws.
allowed to surf any prohib-
Rules with gram-
ited websites like pornogra-
matical errors are not con-
phy and websites that are
sidered rules. Rules should
be firm and clear on what it against the law.
exactly means, thus any er-
ror would contradict the
strictness thus projecting a
weak sense of authority.

6. GRAMMAR NAZI was
prepared for Grammar
Class assignment purposes
only. Below are the
editors:
MOHD HAZIQ ABQARI B
MOHD HEDZIR
3101020521
MUHAMMAD FARUQ B
MUHAMMAD ALVIN
3101017761
HARITH ZAKUAN B
ROSMAN
3101017181
Our materials of grammatical mistakes consist of advertisements found in catalogs and notices or announcement
flyers displayed through out UNISEL.
The cartoons displayed are not of our own work, but it is related to the topic Grammar Nazi we decided to have
our take on and serve only as entertainment purposes.