Gramatik

Although this phenomenon of blogging is new and somewhat confusing to me, I've decided to buy in to it. I'm not exactly sure why: the vast majority of blogs that I've seen are full of trashy netspeak and "shout-outs" to the author's "peeps". As I neither give shout-outs nor do I have peeps, you can rest assured that mine will not degenerate to this level.

On that note, I've been thinking about grammar lately. It seems to me that most people attending Dalhousie never managed to pass grade-school English. Now, this is not to say that my grammar is always perfect. I use too many colloquisims to be considered an authority on all matters grammatical. Still, I know where to put the bloody dollar sign. It's not "2$", people, it's "$2". Furthermore, adding an "'s" to a word makes it possessive, not plural. "Two TV's for sale" makes no sense whatsoever. The TV's what? What do the televisions have that I want? What do they possess? It would be acceptable to say "This TV's sound is excellent." That's a quality that it exibits. This is basic, basic stuff.

Furthermore, if you're trying to sell something, spend the extra five minutes and make a decent poster to advertise your sale. Use the spell checker, for chrissakes, and make sure everything lines up properly. It might take a little exta time, but it's worth every one of the precious few seconds that you'll spend on it. It annoys me to no end to see poorly written and formatted signs put up by people who are supposed to be recieving a higher education. I know that not everybody is a friggin' ad executive, but still - making a good sign is not at all hard. Most word processors even ship with templates. Templates! Fill in the blanks! A three-year-old with Down's Syndrome could make better signs than most of the terrible advertisments posted on public bulletin boards.

Next time I want to sell something, I think I'll write the poster in blood. Now that's devotion to an art. I wonder how long it would take to fill an empty ink cartridge if I started drawing small vials today? Also, would blood clog the print head?