06 November 2007

Grammar Woes

I got an email from someone that read, in part, as follows:

...brought to my tension the error on the...

Um, that should have been attention. The scary thing? He's the principal of a public school.

18 comments:

  1. I have enountered any number of errors that have brought to my tension.....

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  2. the epitome of a Freudian slip.

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  3. Or maybe you mean principle. It's hard to say, depends on the state of the Capit---is that O? or A? LOL

    For me, it's formal business letters with "irregardless" and "Joe Ducayne and Myself will be heading up that project."

    ARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH

    LOL

    Julie
    Using My Words

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  4. See, all you're doing now is ADDING to his tension! lol

    Meanie.

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  5. Anonymous4:55 PM

    Wonder if the school needs to invest in a dictionary.

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  6. That error made that person very tense

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  7. Anonymous8:50 PM

    Ouch.

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  8. Yikes. Errors in school paperwork drive me nuts!

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  9. Oh! I hate "myselfers" too, like Julie said. But my favorite was the teacher who sent out menus with "raisons" as the snack.

    Hey, also - love the separate blogroll idea... can I copy?

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  10. Raisons as in raison d'ĂȘtre?

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  11. I know someone who, to all intensive purposes, doesn't know that the phrase is "to all intents and purposes."

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  12. why am i not suprised but yet so amused? now i wonder if anyone corrected the poor guy?

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  13. I always *wince* when I get notes and correspondence from Liam's school--so many error...ugh.

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  14. Anonymous11:53 AM

    That is fabulous! I'm so going to start saying that "___ has been brought to my tension."

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  15. Ooh I was going to make a joke about him being tense but I'm late to the party. Again.

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  16. I suppose he could blame it on spell check....but what on earth did he type in to get THAT correction?

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  17. OMG, how do you read my blog? Unless of course, you find pleasure in how many errors I make. Yikes. LOL.

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