Have You Noticed?

Has the world as we know it become more illiterate and in our own country? Perhaps the people publishing articles, ads and blogs simply have no pride in their work anymore or they are willing to live with literary crap to save a penny a word. It really causes you to wonder why the writing is so poor. Few things make an ad or article look less professional than glaring grammatical errors, particularly the simple ones that were to be learned in high school.

Come on now people. “Your” means it belongs to you. “You’re” is short for “You are.” For instance, you’re carrying your things. “You are” may be substituted for the “you’re” and the meaning doesn’t change. Try that one with the “your” and you’ll see it doesn’t make sense. It’s an easy test to see if you have it right. This one pops up on a daily basis.

Anyone can write and that seems to be the guiding light for those paying a penny a word and less for their content. Writing in English and doing it properly is not something everyone can do and there seems to be fewer of them by the day. If you want a good image for whatever you’re representing with words and don’t know how to do that, at least spend a couple of extra bucks to hire someone who does.

We’re waiting for your call. Have a literate morning. Oh, by the way, if you see an error in this post, please let me know. It is 8 in the morning and I haven't had my coffee.