4th grade grammar

That is all I ask. Please, in your emails to me, use a period and a comma once in awhile. I don't care if you interchange the two, I don't care if it should have been a colon, semicolon, or a hyphen. Find the shift key; it is to the left of the "z" and to the right of the "/?" key. I just want to be able to read whatever it is that you are trying to say to me so that I don't have to waste 5 minutes of my time trying to figure it out, and another 15 minutes of my time writing a polite email in response that doesn't sound like me berating you. Even though that is exactly what I want to do.

Seriously, is that too much to ask? We're not even talking about a web-forum here, this is my job and your (the person on the other end of this) job. Treat it like it is somewhat important.

mtn wrote: That is all I ask. Please, in your emails to me, use a period and a comma once in awhile. I don't care if you interchange the two, I don't care if it should have been a colon, semicolon, or a hyphen. Find the shift key; it is to the left of the "z" and to the right of the "/?" key. I just want to be able to read whatever it is that you are trying to say to me so that I don't have to waste 5 minutes of my time trying to figure it out, and another 15 minutes of my time writing a polite email in response that doesn't sound like me berating you. Even though that is exactly what I want to do. Seriously, is that too much to ask? We're not even talking about a web-forum here, this is my job and your (the person on the other end of this) job. Treat it like it is somewhat important.

Fixed that for you.

Dood! 4 Reel? U R out of tutch.

No, he had it right in the first place.

GameboyRMH wrote: No, he had it right in the first place.

Nope. Your job. Not "you are job."

Sky_Render wrote:

GameboyRMH wrote: No, he had it right in the first place.

Nope. Your job. Not "you are job."

Yeah, I messed it up. But like I said, I'm not asking for perfection. I just want to know what you're (you are) trying to say.

Funnily enough, your/you're is one of my biggest pet peeves, and there I went and messed it up.

You're right, I need a vacation.

I agree, particularly if your job title includes the words 'Vice President of ...".

(I have jeopardized my job security more than once by calling out executives for crappy language skills.)

Let me add that if you are leaving me your phone number on my voice mail, please take more than .0001 seconds to read it off. I can't comprehend 10 digits in under a third of a second, let alone write them down. Plus, why are you calling me in the first place? Have you not heard of E-mail?

You're/Your and There/Their/They're are my pet peeves. And using apostrophes to form the plural of words.

pinchvalve wrote: Let me add that if you are leaving me your phone number on my voice mail, please take more than .0001 seconds to read it off. I can't comprehend 10 digits in under a third of a second, let alone write them down. Plus, why are you calling me in the first place? Have you not heard of E-mail?

berkeleying thank you.

"I have to sale my "XXX"".... Grrrr.

Eye ARR Sofa King Board

I think thats surely an istep answer these days

I read CL ads for their entertainment value.

Could/would/should have. If you don't have tine to write that, the contraction is could/would/should've.

Not could/would/should of, dammit!

Here is the email in question:

Engine light on needs crankshaft sensor $XXX, Traction control fault cose is as follows engine control system fault traction light no reset top end noise present low miles motor does not sound very good for the mileage

Trying to decode this:
Engine light on. Needs crankshaft sensor, $XXX. Traction control fault code is as follows: Engine control system fault. Traction light, no reset. Top end noise is present. Low miles. Motor (no, it is not electric) does not sound very good for the mileage.

This told me almost nothing that I asked for, half of it doesn't mean anything to me, and it certainly is not a diagnostic like I asked for.

pinchvalve wrote: Let me add that if you are leaving me your phone number on my voice mail, please take more than .0001 seconds to read it off. I can't comprehend 10 digits in under a third of a second, let alone write them down. Plus, why are you calling me in the first place? Have you not heard of E-mail?

This. A thousand times this. I hate listening to the same damn voicemail 5 times just to get the number. I can't read your friggin mind. It's gotten to the point that if I can't comprehend your message in 2 plays it gets deleted and YOU get to try again. I'm way too busy for that kind of nonsense.

Ranger50 wrote: "I have to sale my "XXX"".... Grrrr.

Especially in light of the fact that those ads almost always start with "For Sell". They obviously know there are 2 versions of the word... how hard is it to keep them straight?

I'll forgive people if they mess up comma usage. I understand that not all rules about it are agreed on. Misspelling "for sell", however will result in bloodshed.

and please give us a paragraph return so that we dont end up with a huge block of type that no one can decipher a capital at the beginning of the sentence would also be nice since that would at least give us a clue what you were trying to say its tough when you cant tell when one sentence or paragraph begins or ends at least with paragraphs you are breaking it up into sections which makes it easier for us to deciper i really thought the whole reason you were posting was to tell us something its supposed to be communication but you dont communicate unless we can read it if you want to communicate at least give it half a try

Gosh, that was tough to do! My fingers automatically gave me punctuation, capitals and line returns. I had to go back and remove lots of proper bits.

RealMiniDriver wrote: Could/would/should have. If you don't have tine to write that, the contraction is could/would/should've. Not could/would/should of, dammit!

You're supposed to, not suppose to.

Homonym Game Show from 30 Rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=algmKOzTSGE

A guy said "irregardless" the other day and I almost started laughing.......

My physics teacher broke me of that. I still thank him.

I can't stand "needs fixed".

It needs fixing, or it needs to be fixed.