Another one for the grammar junkies

[amc80]

I went to fix the "your" issue and realized there isn't enough red ink in my pen to correct everything wrong with this flyer.

 

[zoebartlett]

Yeah, that's pretty bad!

 

[AGBF]

I JUST introduced singular possessive nouns this week and we'll be working on plural possessives soon (I teach 2nd grade). It drives me nuts when I see adults use apostrophes incorrectly. At some point they learned how but never really used them properly, and now it's become a [bad] habit.

I guess we will have to use cases in English. Or resort to prepositions. You know: "this is the wedding ring of Mary".

Deb

 

[Deactivated member 42515]

I went to fix the "your" issue and realized there isn't enough red ink in my pen to correct everything wrong with this flyer.

I don't understand... Did Costco send this out as a joke? Why are certain words capitalized??? And others not? And preferred is spelled wrong... Why is card with a capital C!!!

 

[amc80]

I went to fix the "your" issue and realized there isn't enough red ink in my pen to correct everything wrong with this flyer.

I don't understand... Did Costco send this out as a joke? Why are certain words capitalized??? And others not? And preferred is spelled wrong... Why is card with a capital C!!!

Right? I'm half-considering editing it and faxing it back to them. Also, what exactly are they giving away? I've always wanted to own a bakery...

Also, they used Rx when I think they meant pharmacy. Not the same thing.

 

[zoebartlett]

I JUST introduced singular possessive nouns this week and we'll be working on plural possessives soon (I teach 2nd grade). It drives me nuts when I see adults use apostrophes incorrectly. At some point they learned how but never really used them properly, and now it's become a [bad] habit.

I guess we will have to use cases in English. Or resort to prepositions. You know: "this is the wedding ring of Mary".

Deb

 

[JewelFreak]

Correcting it & faxing it back is a great idea! Send it to the manager of whatever department it came from. It's awfully awful!

--- Laurie

 

[zoebartlett]

I went to fix the "your" issue and realized there isn't enough red ink in my pen to correct everything wrong with this flyer.

I don't understand... Did Costco send this out as a joke? Why are certain words capitalized??? And others not? And preferred is spelled wrong... Why is card with a capital C!!!

Right? I'm half-considering editing it and faxing it back to them. Also, what exactly are they giving away? I've always wanted to own a bakery...

Also, they used Rx when I think they meant pharmacy. Not the same thing.

There are so many things wrong. How did someone NOT catch them before the flyer was distributed?

My mom called a company once after seeing so many misspellings and grammatical errors in...something, a notice of some sort. She let one of the higher-ups know how unprofessional it looked. She didn't think she had gotten anywhere but she actually received an apology letter in the mail a week or so later.

 

[amc80]

Correcting it & faxing it back is a great idea! Send it to the manager of whatever department it came from. It's awfully awful!

--- Laurie

I just don't know how to do it without coming off as snarky.

 

[ksinger]

My mom once worked for IBC Bank, and while I no longer have the text of one of their internal memos that she saved, part of it was "we do more better." Not even a comma in there, just that. There were also some other rather egregious grammatical sins in that memo, that had my poor mother, that product of a rigorous Catholic education, about ready to expire from an apoplectic fit.

 

[Maria D]

Thanks for the laugh amc80; I can't tear my eyes away from that flyer, I'm laughing so hard.

I love the use of redundancy as a tool for evoking enthusiasm. This is not only for Prefered (sic) employers but also "just for them!"

And how exactly are Tire shop, Optical dept, Rx and Deli part of Other give aways? Free snow tires and eyeglasses to go with the Advil I would need to get through this special event?

So, are you going?

 

[Laila619]

That flyer is atrocious!

 

[packrat]

Ha, send it back to them w/the corrections on it. Looking at things like that is like chewing tinfoil. I've changed signs before, in stores, and had a secret smile to myself seeing them fixed.

We had our truck on Craigslist and got about 4 different emails w/gawd awful spelling and punctuation..quite similar to the Costco fiasco.

 

[packrat]

Oh, maybe someone can help me with this. Our middle school has a big stone thing out in front that says "Welcome, everyone learns here" and it looks funny to me. It's been there for about 10+ years and it sets my teeth on edge just to drive past it. Is that really correct?

 

[AGBF]

Oh, maybe someone can help me with this. Our middle school has a big stone thing out in front that says "Welcome, everyone learns here" and it looks funny to me. It's been there for about 10+ years and it sets my teeth on edge just to drive past it. Is that really correct?

It is if it is being directed at an individual named "Welcome" and was written to inform him about the school. Is there anyone named "Welcome" in your neighborhood?

Deb

 

[VRBeauty]

Oh, maybe someone can help me with this. Our middle school has a big stone thing out in front that says "Welcome, everyone learns here" and it looks funny to me. It's been there for about 10+ years and it sets my teeth on edge just to drive past it. Is that really correct?

I think it should be two declarative sentences, as in" Welcome! Everyone learns here!

Or since it's a sign, they could do without the punctuation and just have each thought on a separate line:

Welcome
Everyone Learns Here

 

[packrat]

Ha! That's what I figured too! Thanks for the clarification. Now I feel better about my reaction when I see it.

 

[JuneRose]

Oh my goodness I just read this thread this morning and when I got to work we had an email from the IT helpdesk asking when "our PC's will be available".... grrrr it bugs me so much when people do this!!

I jokingly said to my collegue - "hmmm do you think we should say our PCs don't have a will?"....

She looked at me funny and then replied to the email. Guess what she started her email with..... "Your welcome".....
(She wasn't trying to be witty either- she really has no idea what she has just done to my nervous system...)

 

[JewelFreak]

First thing in the morning, too, JuneRose, not nice!

 

[JuneRose]

First thing in the morning, too, JuneRose, not nice!

Tell me about it!!!

 

[amc80]

First thing in the morning, too, JuneRose, not nice!

Tell me about it!!!

Grr, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard!