- “Scare” quotes. Quotes are not for emphasis. They are for quotes.
- Comic Sans, anywhere, any time. Enough said.
- Apostrophe’s used incorrectly. Yes, I know. I meant to.
- Serif fonts used on the Web.
- People that … ; it’s people who, things that.
- Word art. If it can be created in a piece of software by Microsoft®, don’t use it in your print piece/on your Web page.
- Underlining. It’s just ugly. Typewriters are over.
- Exclamation points! Especially more than one!! If you need them your writing is probably weak.
Thanks for listening. I just had to vent. What makes your skin crawl?