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The common noun "bank" with a capital 'B" in the middle of a sentence? In addition, why would one bank be making all the money? "I visited a bank last week that acted like they were doing me a favor...." If it were a singular bank, "they" is incorrect. (And does an inanimate object hand out favors?) Unfortunately, the whole letter was filled with errors...
Some "errors" make perfectly proper sense, and if corrected, would be so jarring as to distract the reader from the context. For example:
"When you phoned your bank about it, what did it tell you?" If you asked me that, I'd completely ignore your question, and instead I'd wonder what you're talking about.
I know this sounds weird, but I hate when braille signs are in a mix of Grade 1 and Grade 2 braille. Grade 2 (contracted) braille uses special characters for two or more letters, word parts, and entire words. Grade 1 (non-contracted) braille writes out each letter and punctuation mark, character-for-character, just like in print. Well, often I come across signs that use a mix of the two and it's just weird. I want to say pick one or the other, but don't mix and match the two.
Just received a letter from a realtor. It said, "Are you tired of the Bank's making all the money while paying you 1/2 % on your savings? I visited a Bank last week that acted like they were doing me a favor offering me ...."
Why don't they have anyone proofread their solicitations before they send them out?
This reminds me: I just got a letter from Social Security and they write all their web links in literary braille. Web links are supposed to be written in computer braille. As in web links--computers--computer braille. It just doesn't make sense to have them written in literary braille. It's kind of like if someone used parentheses () to indicate multiplication in a novel.
I know this sounds weird, but I hate when braille signs are in a mix of Grade 1 and Grade 2 braille. Grade 2 (contracted) braille uses special characters for two or more letters, word parts, and entire words. Grade 1 (non-contracted) braille writes out each letter and punctuation mark, character-for-character, just like in print. Well, often I come across signs that use a mix of the two and it's just weird. I want to say pick one or the other, but don't mix and match the two.
That reminds me, there are still some pretentious publishers who use the ligature Æ (lower case: æ) for the AE combination, like in Vergil's "Æneid", or "anæsthetic". It's also done with OE. Very annoying.
Korean and Inuit/Cree are examples of alphabets in which a single character represents both the consonant and the adjacent vowel. I guess it's OK for them, they do it all the time.
Well, isn't this a geek forum? I felt at home here!
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Unfortunately, the whole letter was filled with errors...
