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How a missing comma can cost you a job

Friday, May 15, 2009

I used to manage a staff of writers and editors. One of my least favourite parts of the job was scanning  through the hundreds of resumes I’d receive in response to a job posting. (Really, hundreds. And that was before the economy tanked. Just imagine how many people are competing for new jobs these days.) [...]

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Have I mentioned that spell check is a handy tool?

Sunday, May 10, 2009

I saw this Google Ad in Gmail today:

Business Writing Courses – ContinuingStudies.UBC.ca – Abstracts, Proposals, Reports & Corresondence. Enrol now!

I’m not sure I’d want to take Business Writing courses from a  place that can’t spell “correspondence”…

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What a difference a hyphen makes

Thursday, May 7, 2009

I was passing by a funeral home today when I noticed a sign in the window that said:

“No cost pre-planning available.”

I read this to mean that cost pre-planning was not available. (This is, after all, what the sign says.) I thought this was an odd thing to put in the front window, since people probably [...]

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More Signs on Trial

Monday, May 4, 2009

I’ve posted before about the terrible grammar, spelling, and punctuation I’ve seen on signs. The problem does not seem to be going away.
Exhibit 1: The bizarrely specific
On the door of a fast-food joint, a sign read:
“No live animals allowed”
I’m not sure why they felt the need to specify that only “live” animals are banned. Perhaps [...]

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