I'd be worried about my hens

[Callender Girl]

I was just reading an online poultry catalog that is offering Muscovy ducks for the first time this year. In the description, is this: "They are also prone to roosting and perching on objects similar to chickens."

Unless this sentence is incorrectly structured or poorly punctuated -- as I'm sure it is -- I would be reluctant to get ducks that roost and perch on "objects similar to chickens."

 

[sourland]

Guess the chickens cushion the duck feet.

 

[ScratchNbawk]

Sounded odd when I read it too, a comma after “objects” would’ve helped.

I hope no one’s going back and grammar checking my previous posts

 

[Callender Girl]

Hey, I put myself out there by letting people know I USED to be a newspaper editor. Even editors got edited where I worked, and I was saved from many an error by folks who caught my mistakes.

However, as no one is paying me now, I don't worry about being letter perfect.

And, I don't edit fellow members' posts. I just got a chuckle out of the picture in my head of a large duck trying to balance on a chicken's shoulders for a good night's sleep. Bet they would both wake up tired.

 

[Sally PB]

Now, to be fair, it says OBJECTS SIMILAR TO. If it said,

"roosting and perching on chickens,"

there would great cause for alarm.

 

[Callender Girl]

True. But in my coops, the only thing I have similar to chickens are, well, more chickens.

 

[ChickensForEggs2500]

Sounded odd when I read it too, a comma after “objects” would’ve helped.

I hope no one’s going back and grammar checking my previous posts

It's like that good ol sentence to teach grammar, "Let's eat grandma...." That one could've used a comma as well.