Professor Mark J. Perry's Blog for Economics and Finance
At this middle school in "Floriduh" there are multiple signs with this wording in its parking lots. If you have to make a grammatical blunder, at least don't make it in front of a school!
Just wondering, are the grammar rules about the proper use of it's vs. its really that hard to learn? Isn't that something you are supposed learn in elementary school, maybe about third grade?
Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. Perry holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University near Washington, D.C. In addition, he holds an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In addition to a faculty appointment at the University of Michigan-Flint, Perry is also a visiting scholar at The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Sure, it's something to be learned in the third grade, but education in this country suffers as other industry suffers when deprived of the information contained in a market price.
Fifteen years ago my children's elementary school sent home a school bulletin. I highlighted 23 errors in the bulletin and sent it to the principal with a note, saying that it concerned me that the people who were responsible for educating my kids were sending out such a poor example of their wares. I received a short note in reply: "In the future, we will endeavor to produce a technically perfect newsletter."
It's/its, there/their/they're, our/are, etc., etc. -- the misuse is so common that it almost seems acceptable. Few seem to care.
I find that I get distracted and impatient when I read any material with incorrect spelling and usage, and I move on to something else. I don't bother reading blogs, comments, forums, or even personal e-mails that are poorly written.
Thanks for writing well in your blog - I'm sure it's one reason that I read it daily.
A Google search shows 20 million sites for "punctuation" and 292 million sites for "Britney Spears." Possibly that's part of the problem—too much information of the wrong type.
What about President G.W. Bush? How could anyone vote for someone that is as incapable of communicating as he is?
I believe it should be "...WHO is as incapable..."
We should leave President Bush alone. There is one thing that he has improved since he has been in office...his speech. He can get out 10 to 15 words in a row without looking at the teleprompter. If you listen to his early speeches, he would stop every 5 or 6 words.
Thumbs up, Dr. Perry! Another of my pet grammatical peeves....
I had a college professor who gave the class an assignment sheet that included directions to check our “grammer” before turning in our assignment. Apparently, she was not too concerned about our spelling.
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