Thank a...Teacher?

Here in town, I find all sorts of odd gems on marquees that make me wonder who is behind the spelling or the word usage? Have you heard that saying "If you can read this, thank a teacher"? Well, if we can read it, we thank a teacher, but if it's wrong? Nowadays its quite easy to blame someone other than ourselves and I know first-hand teachers usually get the blunt of the blame. But what if the mistake we made had nothing to do with the teacher, but rather, with our own rush and need to get down with it? We want to get things done so quickly that we don't pay attention to the details.

I include myself in this category. I know you grammar freaks are searching this entry for my errors and I'm ready to see what I did wrong! (geez!) But like everything, if we simply stepped back and looked at what we're doing, we can definitely see where we made a mistake.

The person who posted this marquee could have easily walked a few feet back, checked the spelling, and fixed it, but because they were probably in a hurry to make pizzas and chicken wings, we got this little cookie.

By the way, I hear the cowboys beat the egles.