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Grammar Crime Codes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your key to deciphering Grammar Police radio dispatch calls<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dispatch:<\/strong> “Unit 12, we’ve got a 718 in progress.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Confirmed. Suspect has used ‘literally’ for the fifth time in thirty seconds.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Categories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

100 Series \u2014 Pronunciation Offenses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

101<\/strong> \u2013 Mispronunciation of Common Words
(eckcetera, jewlery, pundint, nukular, Illinois)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

102<\/strong> \u2013 Silent Letter Violations
(Illinois, often, etc.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

103<\/strong> \u2013 Stress & Syllable Violations
(misplacing syllable emphasis)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

104<\/strong> \u2013 Deliberate Pronunciation Degradation
(slang pronunciations used in formal contexts)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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200 Series \u2014 Vocabulary Crimes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

201<\/strong> \u2013 Improper Idiom Usage
(I could care less, off the bat, quote unquote, etc.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

202<\/strong> \u2013 Wrong Word Substitution
(debauchery\/debacle, ordeal\/ideal, exuberant\/exorbitant, resonated\/resignated, old gizzard\/geezer)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

203<\/strong> \u2013 Confusable Words
(accept\/except, advice\/advise, affect\/effect, lose\/loose, than\/then, etc.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

204<\/strong> \u2013 Invented or Nonstandard Words
(conversate, irregardless, anyways)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

205<\/strong> \u2013 Vocabulary Inflation
(using impressive words incorrectly)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

206<\/strong> \u2013 Redundant Expressions
(revert back, descend down, exact same, ATM machine)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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300 Series \u2014 Verb Crimes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

301<\/strong> \u2013 Past Participle Abuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

302<\/strong> \u2013 Irregular Verb Violations
(broadcasted, casted, should have went, tooken)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

303<\/strong> \u2013 Auxiliary Verb Violations
(should of, use to)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

304<\/strong> \u2013 Incorrect Verb Forms
(suppose to, I seen)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

305<\/strong> \u2013 Subject\u2013Verb Disagreement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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400 Series \u2014 Pronoun Crimes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

401<\/strong> \u2013 Pronoun Case Violations
(me\/I, us\/we)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

402<\/strong> \u2013 Reflexive Pronoun Abuse
(myself)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

403<\/strong> \u2013 Pronoun\u2013Antecedent Disagreement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

404<\/strong> \u2013 Human Reference Violation
(people that vs people who)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(I absolutely love 404<\/strong>. It sounds like “Person Not Found.”)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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500 Series \u2014 Usage & Style Crimes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

501<\/strong> \u2013 Apostrophe Abuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

502<\/strong> \u2013 Quotation Mark Misuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

503<\/strong> \u2013 Word Combination Errors
(every day\/everyday, apart\/a part)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

504<\/strong> \u2013 Comparative\/Superlative Violations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

505<\/strong> \u2013 Count vs Mass Noun Violations
(less\/fewer, amount\/number)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

506<\/strong> \u2013 Passive Voice Concealment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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600 Series \u2014 Professional Communication Violations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

601<\/strong> \u2013 Text-Speak Leakage
(u, ur, gonna in professional settings)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

602<\/strong> \u2013 Unexplained Acronyms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

603<\/strong> \u2013 Empty Buzzwords & Filler
(Boom!, smash the like button, etc.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

604<\/strong> \u2013 Internet Catchphrase Overuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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700 Series \u2014 Aggravated Grammar Crimes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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701<\/strong> \u2013 Repeat Offender<\/p>\n\n\n\n

702<\/strong> \u2013 Committed on National Television<\/p>\n\n\n\n

703<\/strong> \u2013 Committed by a Teacher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

704<\/strong> \u2013 Committed by a Journalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

705<\/strong> \u2013 Committed After Being Corrected<\/p>\n\n\n\n

706<\/strong> \u2013 Multiple Simultaneous Violations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

707<\/strong> \u2013 Aggravated Assault on Standard English<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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800 Series \u2014 Public Safety<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

801<\/strong> \u2013 Grammar Facilitating Fraud
(scam emails)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

802<\/strong> \u2013 Public Misinformation Through Poor Language<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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900 Series \u2014 PROSE Special Investigations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

901<\/strong> \u2013 Historical Investigation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

902<\/strong> \u2013 Language Evolution Case<\/p>\n\n\n\n

903<\/strong> \u2013 Grammar Cold Case<\/p>\n\n\n\n

904<\/strong> \u2013 Linguistic Myth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

905<\/strong> \u2013 Viewer Submission Investigation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Unit 12, respond to a 404.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“Affirmative. Apostrophe misuse in progress.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“Dispatch, upgrade that to a 705.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“Repeat offender?”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“Affirmative.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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