Comments on GrammarBlog: Think twice before "filling" your tank

At least not the following:Please pay your fuel be...

2008-08-14T21:46:00.000+01:00

At least not the following:

Please pay your fuel before moving your "car".

I also read it as sarcasm from the gas station, so...

2008-08-11T15:00:00.000+01:00

I also read it as sarcasm from the gas station, so this one might actually be correct.

I'm so glad I don't drive. Petrol is soooo expensi...

2008-08-09T14:25:00.000+01:00

I'm so glad I don't drive. Petrol is soooo expensive.

I think it refers to the "accidental" moving of ca...

2008-08-08T14:51:00.000+01:00

I think it refers to the "accidental" moving of cars; people are stealing petrol more and more often these days.

That never even occurred to me. Is the suggestion ...

2008-08-07T19:18:00.000+01:00

That never even occurred to me. Is the suggestion here that a pedant has got so carried away with looking out for errors that he has performed some great irreconcilable grammar gaffe?

I'm not having it.

Giving petrol station attendants the benefit of the doubt is a dangerous precedent to set.

Yeah, I thought that as well. There is a hint of s...

2008-08-07T15:45:00.000+01:00

Yeah, I thought that as well. There is a hint of sarcasm.

I think the quotation marks may be there for a rea...

2008-08-07T14:25:00.000+01:00

I think the quotation marks may be there for a reason. Does "moving" not refer to the excuse some people might use for trying to drive off without paying?
For example, "I was just moving it and was going to pay afterwards. Honest."

One of my biggest pet peeves.

2008-08-06T19:59:00.000+01:00

One of my biggest pet peeves.