Thursday, June 7, 2007

My grammatical pet peeve

Ugh! I'm really tired of people using inappropriate apostrophe's!

This is how our COO, who I would have hoped would know better, began her latest email:

Manager's,

I need your help in identifying all PILOTs and TIFs BDC has done and any related financial information i.e terms, agreements etc. Please send me any done in your area. I will compile a list and provide it to Diane to note on the Executed Documents listing.

9 comments:

Todd said...

I know! what up?! how basic is the "to make a noun plural, add an S" rule?

Christopher said...

more crucially, wtf is this email about? Is this really your job?
Much confusion's abound.

Gary said...

Thankfully, it is not terribly much of my job, but the COO does passively torment me. Unfortunately, she does not only use unnecessary apostrophe's. She has also been shocked (SHOCKED!) when I suggested, privately, that when someone who comes into our agency to make a presentation, that it might not have been appropriate for her to hand out literature for her ministry.

Lauren said...

Well of course YOU would think that, you heathen!

Todd said...

no way! umm, where do you live again?

Gary, is TIF any relation to RIF? which of course harkens back to PIX, PIX...

Gary said...

Reading is Fundamental?

Todd said...

yep. now call PIX.

Gary said...

PIX is too easy. I'm still sad that I never got to play. Especially when you had to play quarterback and throw touchdowns. I would have PIXed `em up.

Todd said...

ha, ok. phew! I wonder if PIX is online anywhere. these crazy tubes.