We can’t verify that this is real, but reader Auston Bunsen sends in a screenshot showing a fairly funny grammatical error at Google, given that they are aiming their Google Apps product at students when they make the gaffe.
“More then 5 million students have already gone Google” says the page, which is promoting Google Apps for students. The page is hosted here, and has been updated with the grammatically correct “than” to replace the “then.”
Or else Bunsen just photoshopped the whole thing. Either way, we think it’s pretty funny.
erste …..> * chuckle*
You’ve never responded to my twitter posts @arrington..
I’m not sure that TechCrunch can be so critical of other companies’ spelling mistakes. ‘Then’ and ‘than’ is small fry.
Hats off to Google’s new attempt. More “Than” or “Then” replacement is quite interesting. But it is obscene for the entire Google apps. It seems the app is mainly created for students,so Google can take few steps to correct the grammatical mistakes.
If they do the process soon we are the benefactors!
+1
Very true, especially when I’ve previously pointed out that MG Siegler has made the same mistake and they haven’t bothered to correct it:
http://www.tech...oogle-searches/
Can anyone smell a bit of hypocrisy?
lmao
wow
At least Microsoft employees know their grammar.
Yeah, they know their grammar… they just don’t know how to use Photoshop to turn a black man white.
Only TC has the capability to show this as a news.
It is a mistake but not an intentional one. Google as a giant wouldn’t make a purposed error on a web page.
maybe they did it on purpose so blogs write about it and they get free advertising to a new service?
oh and i have never seen a student use this crap, nor will I ever
Well, if you were to look at my computer, you would see a student using this “crap”.
my high school is implementing that ‘crap’ this week (apparently one of the first high schools ever)…cant wait.
It’s not exactly an error in grammar. It’s just a typo.
It would only be a typo if they actually intended on using “than” but their fingers slipped and hit the “e,” or they don’t know the correct spelling of “than” vs. “then”
My guess is that it was grammatical.
This is definitely a spelling error. The writer obviously meant to type ‘than’…’then’ does not make any sense. If it was a grammatical error the writer would have written something that conveys a different message.
I wouldn’t normally cast stones…but while Arrington is throwing, I’m happy to throw back.
I still see “then” on that page.
Maybe “there” servers haven’t all updated yet.
screengrab http://twitpic.com/h1j8z
Thank you for corroborating my story, sir.
It’s not grammar – it’s a typo!?!
its not a typo morons, its a mistake in grammatical thinking. The person could have used “than” or “then” and they thought it was “then.” the letters “e” and “a” are far apart.
TC calls this news?
bro, this is a newspaper-killing article
someone made a typo
I am sure that TechCrunch has never made a gaffe! LMAO
From the previous post about the Android Facebook app:
“Most of the cool stuff iPhone users have with their 3.0 app just aren’t available for Android yet.”
Great catch John
are you gay, Steve?
Yup, ME = GAY – it really pisses off my wife!
I agree with the angry “it’s not a typo” person… the reason it’s noteworthy is because it’s ironic, and irony is funny.
Why is it ironic? It’s ironic because one would think that Google would have had an ad specifically touting the benefits of its service to students would have had someone who knows how to spell proofread it. It is not a typo, it’s a spelling error – there is a difference.
I’m bored, because there hasn’t been any news worthy articles on TC today. Somene please nudge me…!
No worries, tomorrow will bring much news that TC will twist and spin to your delight (or is that delite??) – mind you, TC has already speculated ALL of the news do (or is that due??) from the BIG Apple event that we all no (or is that know??) with all of the knowledge they process (or is that posess??)
This is a spelling error. Nothing new as most Americans cannot spell “their” (”there”), “you’re” (”your”), “than” (”then”), etc. Those are “hard” to spot as spell checkers cannot catch them. A grammatical error, for example, would be if instead of “gone” they used “go” or “went”.
Why do you assume that this is an American problem?
In Soviet Russia, word spells you…
Why do you assume I’m Russian?
Given that 14% of Americans cannot even read, spelling skills are the least of the problems.
…and here I thought it would be all about the split infinitive…
Well it looks like they fixed it…
I would hope Bunsen has better things to do then Photoshop Google flubs.
Well done on the fake feedburner count on Techcrunch. I doubt anyone actually subscribe to read this type of articles.
Guys, you need to relax.
guys u need 2 relax
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What’s the truth?
There’s a great BBC clip illustrating the importance of language and punctuation: http://blog.end...of-the-autocue/
Didn’t see it until I read the comments.
Not every typo is a grammatical error, Michael. There is nothing wrong with the grammar in that sentence (an incorrect sequence of tenses or a misplaced modifier are examples of grammatical errors).
Ull, while I agree that it could be a typo, I’ve heard this *grammatical* misuse widely