Comma on, you can’t be serious!
August 8, 2006 by Dave Earley
Filed under News
That title post is a poor attempt, I know, but I link you to LostRemote, who will link you to an article about an instance where punctuation has cost a company $2 million. The error? A misplaced comma.
Now you have the proof needed to justify your tendency towards being a Grammar Nazi. Print the story out and distribute it to your work colleagues.
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
such as, for instance, the misspelling of the word “occasion”. But I’ll wait until you’re in print and can be nit-picked on Media Watch by the annoying woman with the lip curl.
Actually, this post was aimed entirely at my family, who are a bunch of Grammar Nazis, and have on many an occasion expressed their dismay at the shocking lack of knowledge of the English language in professional situations.
It is so nice and naive that you assume all your readers are Grammar nazis. Then again, I guess you know all your readers and know they are Grammar nazis.
Yeah – what does it matter? As long as people understand what I’m trying to say!
Well they don’t understand, but you could also destroy the entire business. So yeah, it matters.
ahhhhh, sweet validation.