Showing posts with label grammer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammer. Show all posts

Jun 16, 2008

Have you been in one of those situations when you want to scream out and tell the other person about their not-so-excusable literary ineptness??
Today happened to be one of those days for me. I got this job opening mail ( and some 356th one of the type!) from this “TOP MNC” and instead of my resume I replied with some serious pent-up animosity , asking the HR person to first take the pains of proof-reading the mail which was ironically for an INTERNATIONAL career opportunity ……and the mail went such

“ ours is one of the best companY …( ooh tough competition)
“ You’re the best candidate for A ERP career! ( and I feel like throwing A egg ,on u , now !)
And this one’s a classic “ for more details Reply BACK “ ( dude I thought when I reply , I was doing some sort of “backing” here….

And you thought Orkut and other social networking sites were the only places which were a breeeding ground for atrocious pieces like the now-legendary friendship making requests !! I wish I wasn't so observant and consequently grammer-finicky either 'cause it's meant turning down a lot of otherwise " desirable" places to work at because they asked me " where you're put up " ( will people stop using "put up" instead of "stay" just to show off their vocab? don't quote me, but put up is not a phrasal alternative for 'stay' . It just means a temporary accommodation! Like " Hey so which hotel are you put up at ?" " Where did you put up alst night after the long party huh"

I'm sure YOU come across such gaffes everyday yourself, and not just by the people who’re obviously not the past masters at the language but college toppers , IIM and other 'top-institute' graduates ( and whatever happened to CAT? ) and even “Journalists”…
Pick up a Midday or some local paper , and if I could claim 1 rupee for every mistake they made , I could buy an iphone by now…

and don't even go into the everyday conversations! coz I think " so " that is not very nice… “ Everyone ARE here…( and what about the others??)
She doesn’t knowS that….( oh and do they KNOWS??)are you going for that party?( dunno about you but im definitely not going to any party!), all my stuffs is there !!( n You stuff it now!!)
and guess what "reward" you get for correcting people and saving them from repeating these disasters again in life " ? A parroted and senseless reply like " you got the point , how does it matter how was it put!" " don't be so particular" ! So why is that you comb your hair to the last strand perfection? Isn't it enough that you're not bald?

Not to sound like a person who looks down on people with faulty English nor do I claim to be an expert at the language myself , but such careless mistakes in ANY language are not unacceptable and make a poor impression..it’s just different that it’s considered cool to make mistakes in say Hindi,,,( oh my Hindi is soooooooooo badd! Yeah and you were born reading Shakespeare Mr North Indian)...It's just that such little and careless but rather annoying mistakes in language can reflect your ability and background in a snap.I mean I for sure won't sign up in a communication institute where the teacher asks me " so You ARE been a topper " ?

I guess I shall be "pushing off now" coz i think SO I'm hungry , reply BACK if you're HAVING any comments or you have MORE (or) better thoughts on the same.