Amusing office email grammar

[ESquared]

Today I received an email about a charity campaign at work which had this at the end:

And the Grand prize winner who will receive a gift card valued at $300.00 goes to
Jane Doe from Nutrition Services Congratulations!!

(name changed to protect the innocent)

But who is the grand prize winner who goes to Jane Doe, anyway? And I didn't know my company had a department called NSC.

Do you have any amusing office email to share? "Official" company literature counts, too.

 

[ESquared]

You criticise the grammar in the original quote, but what about this sentence? How should it read?
"Do you have an amusing office email to share? "
or
"Do you have any amusing office emails to share? "

It should read exactly as I wrote it.

 

[Ladyazh]

I always do read as it is written

 

[ESquared]

Erik,
Can you follow-up with Blarn from Blorg on her requests.
Thanks,
Joe

I can but I choose not to!

To me, adding a hyphen to a compound verb of the form [verb preposition] should be done only when the intent is to turn it into a noun or adjective. And when it is used as an adjective sometimes joining the words works, too.

English tends to follow a progression when new compound words are created, from space, to hyphen, to neither. Think "electronic mail" to "e mail" to "e-mail" to "email."

I will follow up with him. [verb]
What is the status of the follow-up? [noun]
The follow-up report is on your desk. [adjective]

It drives me nuts when I see signs like "Pick-up orders here." Argh!

I will pick up the order.
The pick-up is occurring now.
The pickup truck is out of gas.

I am saving it for a rainy day.
This is my rainy-day box.

There are some other common "space, hyphen, or nothing" errors with everyday, someday, and anyday.

I promise to be on time every day.
It was an everyday occurrence.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

E[sup]2[/sup],

You've just reminded me of this story.

Basically, a guy takes on Dasani for their slogan, "Treat yourself well. Everyday."

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[Thadeus]

Just want to try my hand at that Eric to see if I'm following.

Would you mind a sign like "Pick-up orders here" if it was down the counter from one like "New orders here"?

I think you would be better with those two, right?

~Thadeus

 

[ESquared]

Actually, Thadeus, I would not mind that, if it seemed they were truly being consistent.

But if the other sign said "Place orders here" it would irk me.

 

[SQLSister]

We had a project manager in a previous job who sent a quote to a potential client with a price for building their new web sight. We didn't get the contract.

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[SantaMufasa]

Sister, that faux pas reminds me of the wedding announcement that my wife and I received:

The bride and groom invite your presents at a reception in their honour...

Needless to say, we honoured them with neither our presents nor our presence at the blessed event.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[sha76]

Santa, maybe they were just being honest?

"Your rock is eroding wrong." -Dogbert

 

[rjoubert]

Stana, a freudian slip perhaps?

 

[Ladyazh]

web sight? Hmmm. Is this 'how do you see your web site' combined into short version?

 

[SantaMufasa]

Stana, a freudian slip perhaps?

I'm so pleased that you didn't dyslexically Freudian-slip me to 'Satan ' as is easy to do with 'Santa '.<grin>

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[ESquared]

Every time I see NATAS/ATAS I think of Satan.