Loradona the Grammar Jerk
Warning: I am going to look like an anal retentive grammar nazi. I apologize in advance.
My rental managers posted a letter on everyone's door in the complex informing us not to have potted plants, furniture, or car parts on our apartment patios. It seems like a silly letter to pointedly tell people that they can't have plants on their porches, but I guess it's in the lease. I never noticed. (For the record, I don't have any potted plants on my porch. I don't even have a porch.)
Anyway, back to the letter. Much to my chagrin, there are numerous errors in grammar and spelling. Now, I am not perfect. I make errors all of the time, particularly here, on my livejournal. But. But my writings are not professional and intended to inform people of important lease clauses. Poor grammar in professional contexts drives me absolutely nuts. Nuts, I tell you!
Because I can't leave it alone, here are some of the issues I ran into in this letter:
I found 3 comma splices (at which my eye began to twitch).
Then I read this sentence: "It has come to our attention that upstairs residents are using the outside window eve* as a deck or sitting area."
The correct spelling should be "eave." At this, I think one eye began to swell.
Then I saw this: "We have recently begun getting bids to improve the properties* apperance* and to maintain a fuller landscape."
Um, these should be "property's" and "appearance." I can see the first one slipping through, but the second one is a misspelling even MS Word would catch. My swollen eye began to throb when I saw this one.
Okay, I am sorry. I have been a real jerk in my entries lately. Please please please PLEASE don't think I will judge your writing, though. I don't freak out over spelling in emails, blogs, or post-it notes. On official communication, however, I do expect at least a cursory run through a spell checker.
Moral of the story? Loradona loves to read, but grammar mistakes that are easily correctible are damaging to her health.
Please, remember that spell check is your friend (not your freind).
My rental managers posted a letter on everyone's door in the complex informing us not to have potted plants, furniture, or car parts on our apartment patios. It seems like a silly letter to pointedly tell people that they can't have plants on their porches, but I guess it's in the lease. I never noticed. (For the record, I don't have any potted plants on my porch. I don't even have a porch.)
Anyway, back to the letter. Much to my chagrin, there are numerous errors in grammar and spelling. Now, I am not perfect. I make errors all of the time, particularly here, on my livejournal. But. But my writings are not professional and intended to inform people of important lease clauses. Poor grammar in professional contexts drives me absolutely nuts. Nuts, I tell you!
Because I can't leave it alone, here are some of the issues I ran into in this letter:
I found 3 comma splices (at which my eye began to twitch).
Then I read this sentence: "It has come to our attention that upstairs residents are using the outside window eve* as a deck or sitting area."
The correct spelling should be "eave." At this, I think one eye began to swell.
Then I saw this: "We have recently begun getting bids to improve the properties* apperance* and to maintain a fuller landscape."
Um, these should be "property's" and "appearance." I can see the first one slipping through, but the second one is a misspelling even MS Word would catch. My swollen eye began to throb when I saw this one.
Okay, I am sorry. I have been a real jerk in my entries lately. Please please please PLEASE don't think I will judge your writing, though. I don't freak out over spelling in emails, blogs, or post-it notes. On official communication, however, I do expect at least a cursory run through a spell checker.
Moral of the story? Loradona loves to read, but grammar mistakes that are easily correctible are damaging to her health.
Please, remember that spell check is your friend (not your freind).