Friday, June 12, 2009

How About Learning Basic Grammar And Punctuation??

http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/1218351759.html

and...

http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/1218353186.html

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http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/1218343406.html

and...

http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/1218343406.html

These are the ones that I found at one glance!! I wonder how many more there up there that I missed??

Honestly, these types of ads drive me nuts. It's really hard to suss out what they are saying. Where does that pesky period fit in AND is it really that hard to capitalize the first letter of each sentence?? Or to capitalize "I"??

Before anyone says anything, I do make mistakes on here but my boo-boos are nowhere NEAR the cluster**** these ads show. I've almost gotten to the point of when I happen upon an ad that is nearly indecipherable, I click it off and go to the next one. Our education system in this country has it's problems but if you paid attention just a little bit in school, you'd know these things. It's basic stuff! Don't give me any ADD or OCD or whatever crap either. This basic stuff can be learned, no matter the learning disability. I have dealt with learning disabilities and too often, they are used as an excuse to not learn or as a crutch. Not happening on this watch!

So, I'm making an offer. If someone wants their ads proofread, I will be happy to read them, correct any mistakes and send them back through email. I've done proofreading in the past for newspapers and novelists and never spilled a word about the subject. I don't care what the subject is except I will not do anything that is porn related...and I will be the judge of iffy content. I'm not going to charge for this, will do it to help people out. If you'd like some help, send me an email to horseinfoperson@yahoo.com, I'll do what I can and send it back with no copy kept of my own. I guess I should say, if I get some emails that seem a bit tooooo silly, like a joke on me or the iffy content, then I won't do them. I am serious about helping people and don't need numbnuts clogging up the channels.

Welp, I'm way off subject but this is something that drives me crazy! No excuse now, is there? :-)