I have a proposal for her: I would like to be the Minister of Proof Reading and Not Looking Like an Ass when You Want to Appear Professional.
As MoPRaNLLaAwYWtAP, I would be given the authority to levy fines against those who embarrass all Kiwis by their misuse of apostrophes, commas, capital letters, and other fundamentals of grammatical correctness. I might also be granted authority to use a tazer on particularly egregious offenders.
Now, I'm not talking about the silly little errors most of us make on a daily basis. I don't particularly care about a couple of mistakes in the newspaper, or even the newsletter that comes home from my son's school. (I've done the newsletter, and can attest to what a real pain in the ass it is to write *that* on top of all the other things a school administrator has to do.)
No, I'm talking about the help wanted ad I just read that had no less than half a dozen mistakes in it ... all while seeking 'detail oriented' applicants! Or the party van I saw downtown last week, which would gladly drive you around town for 'hen's partys.' And even TV1 and TV3 like to get into the act with typo upon typo in their chyrons.
Okay, I think I'm better now.
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I thought I was better, but then I saw this:
SEEK jobs database and employment advice
Check out the salary ... Too bad I can't drive a forklift. But, for that much, I'll learn.