Little Mistakes—How Much Do They Matter?

Maybe it's because it's Walmart, but I get annoyed every time I'm at the checkout because the sign says 12 items or less. It should be 12 items or fewer.

This, of course, makes no difference at all. The point is the same—if you have 13 or more items, don't stand in that line. (Although people do. That annoys me too, but that's a whole other issue.)

And when I took my dog to the vet the other day, I drove on a road that claimed it was a boulevard. A boulevard, by definition, is a wide ...