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Old 04-12-2024, 02:12 PM
 
Location: NW Indiana
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In today's mail, I received this campaign postcard from a gubernatorial candidate. I'm shocked and appalled at the blatant grammatical error.



Have you seen or heard any similar faux pas by people who should know better?

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Old 04-12-2024, 02:46 PM
 
Location: Dessert
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Did you post a picture? I don't see it.
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Old 04-14-2024, 04:18 PM
 
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Did you post a picture? I don't see it.
Yes, I did. I can still see it. I'll see what I can do to make it publicly visible.

Edited to add: I think it's visible to others now.

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Old 04-14-2024, 11:23 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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It's a very common grammatical error, but still...
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Old 04-15-2024, 06:12 AM
 
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I wonder what that candidate's position regarding public education might be.
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Old 04-15-2024, 10:50 PM
 
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It's a very common grammatical error, but still...
True, but I'm appalled that the candidate and his staff are that clueless. How ironic, that the subject matter is reading.

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Old 04-16-2024, 11:09 AM
 
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In today's mail, I received this campaign postcard from a gubernatorial candidate. I'm shocked and appalled at the blatant grammatical error.



Have you seen or heard any similar faux pas by people who should know better?

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Perhaps this is a campaign issue because the candidate was the one who hadn't mastered those skills? It is an effective cry for help if so. I'm as amused by the Capitalization Of Every Single Word, rather than using the caps For Emphasis. For me, it equates to screaming.
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Old 04-16-2024, 12:32 PM
 
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Perhaps this is a campaign issue because the candidate was the one who hadn't mastered those skills? It is an effective cry for help if so. I'm as amused by the Capitalization Of Every Single Word, rather than using the caps For Emphasis. For me, it equates to screaming.
It's not even title case.
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Old 04-16-2024, 06:40 PM
 
Location: NW Indiana
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Perhaps this is a campaign issue because the candidate was the one who hadn't mastered those skills? It is an effective cry for help if so. I'm as amused by the Capitalization Of Every Single Word, rather than using the caps For Emphasis. For me, it equates to screaming.
I, too, find the caps annoying.


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