The Grumpy Grammarian

I’m Lovin’ It – How McDonald’s Used Slang to Increase Its Revenue By $455 million in 1 Quarter

I’m Lovin’ It – How McDonald’s Used Slang to Increase Its Revenue By $455 million in 1 Quarter McDonald’s broke a grammar rule with its 2003 jingle, “I’m lovin’ it.” (Bonus points – it’s also grammatically incorrect because loving isn’t a conjugated form of the verb love – it’s a tense. Specifically, progressive tense.) Even though this jingle is slang …

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Less Sugar, Less Bottles – How SodaStreams Typo Earned $81 Million

Less Sugar, Less Bottles – How SodaStream’s Typo Earned $81 Million The second half of that tagline is wrong. It should say “fewer bottles” because bottles can be counted. But that would not have been as fun. The alliteration helps with memorability, and it still gets across the idea. (Hint: it’s what makes this tagline compelling.) Just how successful was …

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Black Banther

Project information Bouncil are celebrating the incredible achievement of the Companies and Stakeholders. Due to BIM’s fast invasion in all over the world specially in the North America Region, we are one of the top 10 nominated Consultants for Council Architectural/Design Practice of the Year Award. Model Council are celebrating the incredible achievement of these Companies and Stakeholders. achievement of …

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