Posted by Ernest__CT on 4/30/07 12:25pm
Msg #188030

Two firm suggestions for Profiles

If you want to look and sound professional, don't use a family snapshot as your picture. Do copy your Profile text and paste it into Word or some other program for spell checking. Please have a language and grammar fiend go over your Profile text. Spell checkers won't tell you that "insure" means "guarantee against loss or harm" and "ensure" means "make sure or certain". Be careful with punctuation (There were two borrowers ... one borrower's name ... the two borrowers' names).

The book "Send", about email, is great reading!

Yes, we've gotten lax in the United States. We don't have to be sloppy.

Reply by Teresa/FL on 4/30/07 12:51pm
Msg #188036

Good advice, Ernest. The misplaced apostrophe is one of my pet peeves!

Reply by BrendaTx on 4/30/07 1:58pm
Msg #188044

Lovely advice, Ernest.

I wholeheartedly agree.

The world is becoming of two kinds of readers:

1) Readers who care about such as this.
2) Readers who do not care about grammar,
spelling or punctuation as long as they
get the meaning.

Think of #2 as a subset of #1. Though it really isn't, if you satisfy #1, #2 will be equally satisfied and you have a greater number of happy readers of your profile.

Reply by Charm_AL on 4/30/07 2:38pm
Msg #188053

lol Brenda...

That's my bulldog, in the nicest way possibly put, sister's fav comment. "get my meanin?"
My Dad used to respond to anyone that asked him "get my drift?" by saying no, but I can smell it

Reply by BrendaTx on 4/30/07 2:42pm
Msg #188055

Re: lol Brenda...

And your sis was a givin' somebody the elbow in the side and speaking in that low tone like my mother whispers, "cancer."

Your daddy...well, that's just HIlarious.

Thanks for that...it's going straight into the Brendatoire.

Reply by Charm_AL on 4/30/07 2:59pm
Msg #188059

Brenda, ya know....

I used to go get a pot of coffee and set aside a few hours to read your posts....I know, you got a life and you're trying to pass yourself off as not being here. Which is ok, I guess.

Reply by BrendaTx on 4/30/07 3:32pm
Msg #188068

Re: Brenda, ya know....charm

It's okay if I'm here, as long as I wear the tin foil hat...

Oh, and just don't tell "them" that I am here.

Reply by rengel/CA on 4/30/07 3:30pm
Msg #188066

This is like the old Standard Oil rule. Back in the 60's the employees of Standard Oil (Chevron gas stations) were not allowed to have facial hair. The reasoning behind it being that some people would be offended by facial hair on an employee while people would not be offended by a clean shaven employee.

i.e. You are less likely to offend someone while using proper grammer, punctuation, and spelling. You are more likely to offend a whole lot of folks by using lousy grammer, punctuation and spelling.

Reply by dickb/wi on 4/30/07 3:11pm
Msg #188061

great advice ernest and while.......

i am here:.......we give ADVICE....which means we ADVISE some one.....and while i am at it:.. AN is always used before a vowel and silent H and A is always used before a consonant...and i am the worst speller on earth ...............

Reply by Charm_AL on 4/30/07 3:19pm
Msg #188062

Re: great advice ernest and while.......

oh yeah? can you say happy silently?

Reply by dickb/wi on 4/30/07 3:26pm
Msg #188063

smile....:}........

happy is not a silent H but HONOR does have a silent H.....and i now have to quit as i flunked english....but remembered a few of the rules......

Reply by Charm_AL on 4/30/07 3:27pm
Msg #188064

Re: great advice ernest and while.......in fact...

one of my favorite things to do on New Year's eve is to watch Arpo Marx - Duck Soup - ok I gotta get some fresh air.....

Reply by Charm_AL on 4/30/07 3:30pm
Msg #188067

Re: great advice ernest and while.......in fact...oops...

that was supposed to be New Year's heave. the HE is silent....over an out