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Sometimes punctuation or spelling errors cost millions and billions $$$ in losses. Do you think more punctuation & grammar police required?

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Posted - November 11, 2021
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  • 53505

     

      I know you’re probably going to claim it’s because you ran out of room, but the use of the ampersand in place of the word “and” is incorrect, the use of the three dollar signs is redundant because you already made the point with “millions and billions in losses”. By omitting the dollar signs and the space after them, you gain space for four characters. Additionally, even though the grammar police force is not an actual organization, referring to the equally non-existent “punctuation police” makes your post unnecessarily long. Your final clause is missing the verb “are”.
      All of these problems are surmountable, though. See the suggested example below that meets the 140-character limit with ease while also addresses proper grammar.

    Sometimes punctuation or spelling errors cost millions and billions in losses. Do you think more grammar police are required?

      November 11, 2021 6:48 AM MST
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  • 19937
    You completely missed the fact that there was a misspelled word right at the beginning:  "They begin practicing their proffession:
      November 11, 2021 1:44 PM MST
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  • 53505

     

      Element 99 already pointed that out below.
    ~

      November 11, 2021 1:55 PM MST
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  • 19937
    I'm a bit late to the party here.  My internet has been out since Saturday but today I was able to piggyback on a neighbor's wi-fi, so I'm playing catch-up.
      November 11, 2021 2:25 PM MST
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  • 6023
    I think law offices and unions, at least, should employ professional "grammar police" to review legal documents and contracts.
    I can't tell you how many times I have followed the language of a union contract or employment agreement, only to be told "That's not how it should be interpreted" or "That wasn't the intent".


    This post was edited by Walt O'Reagun at November 11, 2021 1:44 PM MST
      November 11, 2021 7:02 AM MST
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  • 53505
      November 11, 2021 7:04 AM MST
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  • 13277
    I believe those are called editors.
      November 11, 2021 12:55 PM MST
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  • 6023
    I used to think so, as well.
    But given the number of basic spelling and grammar errors not only allowed by editors of the local papers, but even in the editorials, I lack faith editors are more than a supervisor of sorts.  I'm even seeing an increasing amount of books (on my Kindle) that have so many spelling, grammar, and layout issues that I'm surprised when it turns out they aren't self-published.  It's obvious neither the author nor publisher even ran the manuscript through a software program.
      November 11, 2021 2:23 PM MST
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  • 13277
    amount number of books. I was a copy editor from 1997-99 at a daily newspaper in Connecticut. I was editing a story in which the reporter, a young woman, misspelled hazard as hazzard and until as untill. I emailed her about the corrections and said something like "you should know how to spell those words," and I got yelled at by my boss for it.
      November 11, 2021 3:46 PM MST
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  • 44604
    proffession  profession...(Really Randy??)
      November 11, 2021 12:51 PM MST
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  • 53505

     

      I didn’t write that.

    (Comma after the word “Really”.)

      November 11, 2021 1:31 PM MST
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  • 6023
    Or maybe "Randy" should be lower case.

    LOL
      November 11, 2021 2:58 PM MST
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  • 53505

     

      I like the way you think, I could stay and discuss it, but I’m a little busy right now.  Please close the door on your way out.

    ~

      November 11, 2021 3:01 PM MST
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  • 44604
    You, didn't catch it.
      November 11, 2021 7:33 PM MST
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  • 53505

     

      That comma doesn’t belong there at all. 


    :(

      November 11, 2021 9:38 PM MST
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  • 44604
    I know.
      November 12, 2021 6:29 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Not only do incorrect grammar or punctuation errors cost money, they can be fatal:

    Let's eat, Grandma.
    Let's eat Grandma.

    They may also cause untold mental anguish:

      November 11, 2021 1:47 PM MST
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  • 448
    i thimk. wee r fine: like we ar@
      November 11, 2021 2:54 PM MST
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  • 53505
      November 11, 2021 2:57 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Wheel it?
      November 11, 2021 9:54 PM MST
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  • 53505

     

      That’s what . . . 

    ~

      November 12, 2021 5:40 AM MST
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