Improper grammar on cereal boxes????

[boomerang]

I'm with the OP on this one.

They've probably outsourced (overseas) the box design. That version of english makes perfect sense to them. Nobody at the parent company is smart enough to have caught the error. Too busy figuring the value of their stock options.

Hell, our president can barely speak english.

 

[theMan]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
"Naturally" is a modifier for "Flavored".

Naturally flavored.....as in not artificially flavored.

yes, but the adverb has to go directly before the object. Like, Naturally Flavored Yogurt Coating.

 

[theMan]

Originally posted by: boomerang
I'm with the OP on this one.

They've probably outsourced (overseas) the box design. That version of english makes perfect sense to them. Nobody at the parent company is smart enough to have caught the error. Too busy figuring the value of their stock options.

Hell, our president can barely speak english.

Yeah, but is our children learning?

 

[theMan]

Should I dial the 800 number on the side of the box and ask them?

 

[funboy6942]

Wow, just wow.
Did you did though my trash and take my pills I threw away?

 

[theMan]

What, a major company printed that on millions of boxes. Isn't that news?

What if McDonald's accidentally printed "McDonald's, I have loving it!" on every bag and box they sell?

 

[McGyver]

is it boxed in china?

 

[theMan]

I sure hope not. Do you know how bad their health regulations are?

 

[50cent1228]

Originally posted by: pontifex
naturally flavored yogurt coating.


the yogurt coating is naturally flavored...whats so hard to understand? like strawberry, blue berry, etc.

same thing i was gonna say...how is it so hard to understand

 

[theMan]

read it more carefully.

 

[allisolm]

You're complaining about this here, the HOME of improper grammar? ATOT - where "there house is loosing it's shingles" is considered to be acceptable English.

 

[theMan]

I just wanted it to be known. Thats all.

 

[OutHouse]

Naturally Yogurt Flavored Coating

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: theman
So, I just bought like, 20 boxes of that Yogurt Burst Cheerios cereal, because it tastes really good, and of course, it was on sale. Anyway, as I was enjoying it one morning, I got to reading the box. Right at the bottom in big bold print it says:

Sweetened Whole Grain Oat Cereal with a Naturally Yogurt Flavored Coating

What on earth??? I have tried for hours to contemplate some meaning of what this says.

Does it mean they are naturally coated? Are they naturally flavored, but, what, the yogurt, the coating, the flavored????? What are they talking about? Did the job of marketing get outsourced to China too?

So, I did some research, and googled a picture of one of these cereal boxes. It came up with an older box design. And guess what it says....


It says:

Sweetened Whole Grain Oat Cereal with a Naturally Flavored Yogurt Coating

What is going on here? They made a revision of their box design, and then totally botched it? Or what?

Please, help me to understand this strange phenomenon.

It means that the cerial is naturally yogurt flavored... it comed that way right from the wheat farm. they dont have to add it or anything.

 

[Metron]

Originally posted by: theman
Topic Summary: What has the world come to?

Glass Houses!

Don't end your Topic Summary with a preposition!

Fixed
Topic Summary: To what has the world come?

 

[theMan]

Yes, but the question "What has the world come to?" has cultural and literary roots. Naturally Yogurt Flavored Coating does not. And, it makes no sense.

 

[Metron]

I concur that "Naturally Yogurt Flavored Coating" does not make sense.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: allisolm
You're complaining about this here, the HOME of improper grammar? ATOT - where "there house is loosing it's shingles" is considered to be acceptable English.

The one that really drives me crazy is the use of "your" instead of "you're".

 

[alkemyst]

i dont get this at all...

Naturally Yogurt Flavored Coating?

it tastes like natural yogurt.

 

[BabaBooey]

Go outside...

 

[Pepsi90919]

Naturally Yogurt-Flavoured Coating

 

[theMan]

Originally posted by: bababooey
Go outside...

I am outside. Thats why my computer is setup outside. Ahhh, just smell that fresh air.

 

[meltdown75]