I caught this on a recent dinner out during a weekend with friends. I think the comma is unnecessary–it should be a period–and the wording at the end is confusing. Taken literally, I am encouraged to ask my server to purchase a gift certificate. So I would say “Dear Server, please purchase me a gift certificate” and the server would purchase a gift certificate and give it to me for future use. Perhaps it should say “Ask your server about purchasing one.”
My brother-in-law sent me this picture from a University restroom:
And just in case you don’t believe the sign is placed where you think it is, here is a wider shot:
This was in an article that I found while researching how to auto reply to external messages only. Try as I might, I’m afraid I would think much less of a person from whom I received this out of office message. ALWAYS proofread your out of office messages. It is your message to the world. Make it a good one.
I found this in a full-page ad for the well-known recipient of a professional award. Having done some marketing, I know how expensive full-page ads in these kinds of publications are, and it is really a shame that this kind of error is there. This is the exact reason publishers send proofs and ask for signatures approving those proofs. That makes it YOUR mistake–not the publisher’s, which means you pay for it regardless of the mistake.
A friend snapped this picture of an advertisement at a movie recently. My question is like you care for your own what? And why is “Own” capitalized, but the other words are not? And why is there a comma there?
I noticed when I was looking for a graphic for Boss’s Day that it is a confusing to the general populace. Do you have just one boss? It is the singular Boss’s Day. More than one? It is the plural Bosses’ Day.
The Oxford English Dictionary recently added some new words. I always like to see what kind of words make it into the dictionary each year. My very favorite–the “Word of the Year”–will show up in a couple of months, but for now, here are some of the new words that have shown up in articles about these additions.
Biatch – A sassy version of “bitch.”
Clickbait – A story or content that draws you in with a headline but probably won’t deliver.
Clicktivism – Using social media and the internet for social or political activism.
Jagoff – An obnoxious and rude person who is usually characterized as a man.
‘Merica – A shortened (and some think more patriotic) way to say “America.”
Moobs – Slang for “man boobs.”
Resting B*tch Face – A facial expression exuding annoyance making it appear that the person doesn’t mean to look annoyed.
Shoplifting – Stealing something from a store without paying for it. (I’m not sure why this word hasn’t been in the OED before now.)
Squee – A screech that comes out when you’re really excited about something.
Vom – A shorter way of saying vomit or to explain that someone is in the act of vomiting.
YOLO – An acronym for “you only live once.”
There are more than 500 other words added, but I chose just a few. Since I don’t have a subscription to Oxford English Dictionary, I can’t get their “official” definitions, but I am assuming if they are adding words that are now part of our language, definitions found on the Internet will be close.
The entire list of words added to the Oxford English Dictionary is here – http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/september-2016-update/new-words-list-september-2016/
I had a meeting at a building in downtown Phoenix this afternoon. I pulled the parking ticket, but didn’t really look at it until I was getting ready to leave the parking garage and noticed that the building’s street name (which is a major street in downtown Phoenix) was misspelled. The worst part is that it isn’t even an unusual name. There is probably a street with this name in every major city in the United States. I understand errors happen, but when you can’t get the information for your own business right, all I can do is shake my head.
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