Can you spot the fail?

October 15th, 2009

Submitted by Daniel

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37 Responses to Can you spot the fail?

  1. Christopher on October 15th, 2009 at 10:28 am

    I give up. (“who’s” is correct, as is “Kellogg’s”).

  2. shane on October 15th, 2009 at 10:32 am

    depending on your preference, it could be Kellogg’s Corn Flakes havehad. Though it is a brand name and could be read either way.

    Or it could also be the fragment “Both young and old!”

  3. fpelayo on October 15th, 2009 at 10:35 am

    - needs an oxford comma after “thin”

    - “has had” should be “have had”

  4. Ronny on October 15th, 2009 at 10:38 am

    “More that 50 years…”

    “That” instead of “than”

  5. TravisL on October 15th, 2009 at 10:40 am

    Fail: “more that 50 years…”

    Fail: capitalization of “50 years… Both young and old!”

    Not fail: I’d prefer a serial comma after “thin,” but that’s a stylistic choice. See, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma

    The phrase “flavored in his mouth” is grammatically correct, but it’s a strange sentence construction.

    Unless they’re omitting something from quoted material, the ellipses at the end should be a period.

  6. Tipper on October 15th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    Comma after ‘good’

  7. Downundersugarglider on October 15th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    last line – apostrophe in “Kellogg’s” should be just “Kelloggs”.
    and why do they need 3 period stops at the end of the sentences?

  8. Downundersugarglider on October 15th, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    HA Ronny – it’s taken me 3 reads to notice the “that” instead of “than”!! good spot!

  9. Doug on October 16th, 2009 at 8:11 am

    Good on Ronny!!

  10. Yeah on October 16th, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Also, corn flakes really aren’t that good.

  11. John on October 18th, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    What are the corn flakes like before he puts them in his mouth? Soggy, thick, and flavorless?

  12. Molly on October 22nd, 2009 at 9:59 am

    YOU GUYYYYS, it’s “This is how THESE FLAKES, ….” get it? These FLAKES! As in BLOKES, or idiots!

  13. James on October 28th, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    Kellogg’s is called “Kelloggs’s”. So the final “Kellogg’s” (and arguably the other two) should actually be, “Kellogg’s'”, or strictly “Kellogg’s's”.

  14. Mart on October 30th, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    An easy one; they spelt ‘flavoured’ wrong.

  15. Andreas on October 31st, 2009 at 10:13 am

    @James
    Which can also be written “Kelloggs’s” yet be correct.

  16. Anonymous on November 1st, 2009 at 9:03 am

    @James
    Actually Kellogg’s is called “Kellogg’s” not
    In every case it’s correct to say “Kellogg’s”. Why? Because the man who founded “Kellogg’s” was called John Harvey Kellogg. As the cereal brands were therefore originally (John Harvey) Kellogg’s brand, the name of the company is “Kellogg’s” not “Kellogg’s's” or “Kelloggs’s”.
    In the case of his name ending in an S, it would be “Kelloggs’ “, not “Kelloggs’s”, anyway.

  17. ethan on November 2nd, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    is it that fact that the “young man” has a bow tie and looks old?

  18. daaaah on November 3rd, 2009 at 7:33 am

    good point John!!! not sure about the rest of these comments, frustrated teachers with too much time on their hands perhaps??? If in doubt don’t use any punctuation or lots of it! Isn’t that the fashion now??????????????????????????????????????/

  19. mike on November 4th, 2009 at 7:43 am

    Appetizing with a z? Or am I the only one who finds that weird?

  20. Elynai on November 7th, 2009 at 10:00 am

    @mike
    “Appetizing” is the Americanised way of spelling “appetising” and is grammatically correct.

  21. Anonymous on November 7th, 2009 at 11:09 am

    @Mart
    no it’s just that it’s spelled the american way

  22. Anonymous on November 7th, 2009 at 11:11 am

    I think the only really blatant error is “More that 50 years”. It should say than, not “that”.

  23. Mickey on November 7th, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    @Mart
    Well, in America, it’s spelled “flavored”. It is spelled correctly. The spelling just depends on where one lives, I guess.

  24. nareg on November 8th, 2009 at 4:25 am

    lmao guys it says “more that 50 years” should be “more than 50 years.” how hard was that?

  25. maddy on November 8th, 2009 at 5:10 am

    it says young man, than boy?????

  26. austin t on November 12th, 2009 at 12:03 am

    @Molly
    yes i got that to your right good job lol

  27. Dyanne on November 12th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    Um, ‘more that 50 years’… it should be THAN people!!! and flavoured is spelled correctly if you’re speaking british english.

  28. What a Fail on November 13th, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    This whole conversation is full of geeks. Why waste your time on this terrible site?

  29. me on November 13th, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    how about “flavored in his mouth” I didn’t know that things were flavored in your mouth, I figured they are flavored before you put them in your mouth!

  30. Anonymous on November 15th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    That’s a good one. It says that Kellogg’s has had an (appetizing “power over people” for many years). That’s quite some power!

  31. robyn on November 16th, 2009 at 12:49 am

    I kind of thing he has too many fingers…

  32. robyn on November 16th, 2009 at 12:50 am

    **think

    @robyn

  33. Chris Chapman on November 17th, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    How can 50 years be both young and old?

  34. Anonymous on November 21st, 2009 at 12:18 am

    UMMM I think everyone should stop commenting and realize once and for all that the error is: “for more that 50 years”. THAN, not that. The end.

  35. Sam on November 22nd, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    The fail is that they are flavored in his mouth. sounds like a fail to me :P

  36. RACH on November 22nd, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    i no this is not the point of the site i am a first time looker and am shocking at spelling and grammer lol so i obviously missed all the valid points u have all picked up on lol but did any one else notice on the 2nd line “good fresh milk”? ………..i mean apposed 2 what exactly lol……bad sour milk ? wat else u goni put in cerial… plus how many time did they say kelloggs corn flakes ano its an add but by the end of it i hated corn flakes lol

    cheers guys ps i think its a fail cause its a shit add lol honey nut all the way!! :D xxx

  37. Ian on December 20th, 2009 at 10:54 am

    @RACH
    Umm…

    I hope you were joking with that post. If so, brilliant. If not, eep.

    It’s so jacked up you have to be kidding.

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