“Plus you are a horrible writer. Try using a period sometime. It’s a very useful punctuation, and it’s conveniently located on the keyboard, requiring only a trivial effort to stick them between your sentences.” — I nearly spit out my coffee at that comment. My reading/writing tutor heart appreciates this snarky comment more than words can express.
“Plus you are a horrible writer. Try using a period sometime. It’s a very useful punctuation, and it’s conveniently located on the keyboard, requiring only a trivial effort to stick them between your sentences.” — I nearly spit out my coffee at that comment. My reading/writing tutor heart appreciates this snarky comment more than words can express.
Reminds me of the joke where the six year-old tells his teacher that his new baby brother only eats poop. (Mom told him that babies mostly eat, poop and sleep!)
I thought it was one giant run-on sentence until I read Jeff's comment and then reread the PV email. What a joke of a response. What serious boss sends out sentences without punctuation? Whoever wrote that is as qualified to write as the Fizer dr whatever-his-name-was is qualified to practice medicine. Both are equally NOT professional.
You’d be surprised how many “executives” there are with poor diction/very sparse punctuation skills. It’s usually the executive assistants who are responsible for making the letters/emails look professional. I’ve seen many worse than that one from PV. It’s quite embarrassing and I used to wonder how they got their jobs. I also used to be a medical transcriptionist and learned quickly how many docs could not spell or string together a proper sentence. And then there was the doc who took a leak during dictation….😜
Very possible Harold. I had another thought, perhaps an employee was ordered to make that dispatch but was completely against what the board was doing. Thus the person made the note as poorly as possible while still doing as told.
Never in my lifetime has it been this difficult to get the truth to the public.
It even drives me crazy when I receive texts without punctuation. I also have a bad habit of correcting people when they use incorrect words or pronounce words incorrectly. Libary/punkin anyone?
My thought was that letter was written by the poorest chatGBT available. If this is the best that the PV board can do it's time to let it crumble into dust.
Good luck James. And great letter of encouragement and advice to the employees, Mr. Childers.
Actually, chatGBT writes quite nicely - I've tried asking questions (when time was available) and the responses were all well written. I was mildly surprised.
“Plus you are a horrible writer. Try using a period sometime. It’s a very useful punctuation, and it’s conveniently located on the keyboard, requiring only a trivial effort to stick them between your sentences.” — I nearly spit out my coffee at that comment. My reading/writing tutor heart appreciates this snarky comment more than words can express.
Yes. Punctuation saves lives: "Let's eat Grandma!" vs. "Let's eat, Grandma!"
😂😂
"I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" vs. "I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse"
🤭
Definitly !
😂
Reminds me of a classic book from about 20 years ago: "Eats Shoots and Leaves."
Reminds me of the joke where the six year-old tells his teacher that his new baby brother only eats poop. (Mom told him that babies mostly eat, poop and sleep!)
😆😆😆😆
"Drink pee and repeat" or as I prefer to do on a Saturday, "drink, pee, and repeat"
I love that. So many images popped into my head
On the book's cover was an illustration of a Panda bear with a smoking gun.
Funny, I was thinking about my former spouse or koala beat
: )
I think there is usually at least one line in Jeff's daily missive that nearly causes me to spit out my coffee. He has a way with words!
I would like a coffee spitting emoji 😁
I thought it was one giant run-on sentence until I read Jeff's comment and then reread the PV email. What a joke of a response. What serious boss sends out sentences without punctuation? Whoever wrote that is as qualified to write as the Fizer dr whatever-his-name-was is qualified to practice medicine. Both are equally NOT professional.
You’d be surprised how many “executives” there are with poor diction/very sparse punctuation skills. It’s usually the executive assistants who are responsible for making the letters/emails look professional. I’ve seen many worse than that one from PV. It’s quite embarrassing and I used to wonder how they got their jobs. I also used to be a medical transcriptionist and learned quickly how many docs could not spell or string together a proper sentence. And then there was the doc who took a leak during dictation….😜
Someone pretending to be "hip" and excited about the future.
My impression was the note was voice-dictated by an amateur and came out as run-on sentence
Very possible Harold. I had another thought, perhaps an employee was ordered to make that dispatch but was completely against what the board was doing. Thus the person made the note as poorly as possible while still doing as told.
Never in my lifetime has it been this difficult to get the truth to the public.
I loved that comment. I was shocked when I first read the email & then reread to make sure I hadn’t missed something. I hadn’t. It was crap
Same!!
How is anyone on any ‘board’ with that lack of grammar? Idiot needs to go back to middle school for remedial English.
I love Jeff’s letter to PV employees and glad to hear he’s working with Steve Kirsch.
It even drives me crazy when I receive texts without punctuation. I also have a bad habit of correcting people when they use incorrect words or pronounce words incorrectly. Libary/punkin anyone?
Or texts with these silly abbreviations. By adults. What is happening to our civil discourse??!!
How r u?? 😝🙄
Hru?
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Me too!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Nucular...
Reminds me of the poet e.e. cummings on the death of Warren G. Harding:
The only man, woman, or child who ever wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors is dead.
e e cummings, on the death of Warren G. Harding, 1923
US poet (1894 - 1962)
e. e. cummings ... here's a man who never met a capital letter he could like!
Like el gato malo 😁
Copy editor. Mostly. Occasional composition when the gig demands.
I want to “like” this comment once for every period my right pinkie ever typed on a long day of writing.
Spitting coffee out: the best imagery. Followed by wiping off the device.
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No apostrophe in “Lets” either 🙄
My thought was that letter was written by the poorest chatGBT available. If this is the best that the PV board can do it's time to let it crumble into dust.
Good luck James. And great letter of encouragement and advice to the employees, Mr. Childers.
Actually, chatGBT writes quite nicely - I've tried asking questions (when time was available) and the responses were all well written. I was mildly surprised.
I think I'll steer clear of AI. The slippery slope is becoming steeper.
I was thinking the same thing as I read that! It was written like a 20-year-old high school drop out!
How about a 16 year old high school student who was in what we used to call "bonehead English" classes.
I thought it read like a hyperactive 7th grader wrote it. Laughably bad writing.
Yes! 😂😂
Not sure if a meme will post, but hoping so, for all the grammar lovers out there :)
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I see the link didn’t work, so here is the text from the humorous meme:
“My life is a constant battle between wanting to correct grammar and wanting to have friends.”
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😆Love that!! 😂
Anymore that is so true!! 😏
Yes I was thinking the same thing about using a period. This must have been written by someone under 35. Poor writers over 50 use too many periods!