It is generally considered a good idea, if you are selling a product, to try to catch any misspellings or grammatical errors in your advertisement before you send it out. It just looks unprofessional, otherwise. But if you feel you must submit an ad that was copy-edited while drunk, there’s worst places to send it to than others. You might be able to slip your poor English skills past the readership of Glue-Sniffer’s Digest or The Daily Antivaxxer. Subscribers to more intellectually-demanding publications, on the other hand-- popular science magazines, say-- are probably going to notice.
On that note, here is a transcription of an advertisement from the most recent Science News.
Sweet baby Quetzalcoatl, I feel dumber just typing that!
P.S. “$99 for the Bracelet, $99 for the Necklace or $99 for the earrings.”
I once saw an ad for a course in the Great Courses series, taught by Professor So-and-So, with the course title in big letters at the top of the ad: “Cognative Behavioral Therapy: Techniques for Retraining Your Brain”.
