Comments on: I won’t give to non profits who use poor grammar https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/ Claxon creates powerful messaging for purpose-driven clients. Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:23:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Erica Mills https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/#comment-251 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:23:34 +0000 https://claxon-communication.com/?p=3887#comment-251 In reply to Tony.

Let there be “be’s”! Thanks for taking time to comment and pointing out my missing word, Tony. (Fixed!)

You nailed it–it’s about what it says about the person/org vs. the mistakes themselves!

]]> By: Tony https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/#comment-250 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:59:48 +0000 https://claxon-communication.com/?p=3887#comment-250 In reply to Tony.

And yes I have an error too 🙂

That = than

]]> By: Tony https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/#comment-249 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:57:44 +0000 https://claxon-communication.com/?p=3887#comment-249 Great piece. The title hooked me. I did notice in the last paragraph that a “be” is missing between might and something after a large “AND” 🙂

That said, I think this piece speaks more to the reason why grammar is such an issue and what it “says” about the person lacking it. I find that far more important that a person with a lot of alots 🙂

]]> By: Claxon Marketing – 5 Small & Deadly Mistakes to Avoid https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/#comment-248 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:44:10 +0000 https://claxon-communication.com/?p=3887#comment-248 […] a non profit focused follow-up to Wiens’ post, I did one on why I wouldn’t give to non profits that use poor grammar. Based on how much traffic that post got, it’s clear this grammar stuff gets people all hot […]

]]> By: Erica Mills https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/#comment-247 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:31:06 +0000 https://claxon-communication.com/?p=3887#comment-247 In reply to Jennifer Ott.

Thanks for “outing” your pet peeves, Jennifer. And good point on the effect of the economy on the small stuff–so true, unfortunately!

]]> By: Jennifer Ott https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/#comment-246 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:31:08 +0000 https://claxon-communication.com/?p=3887#comment-246 I’m a bit of a typo and grammar freak, and I’ve come to realize it’s only a depressingly small percent of people even see– much less “get” misspellings and other various offenders.

Another significant issue is the recession, which has led to understaffing at so many nonprofits and left overwhelmed employees to do their best to deliver projected outcomes with inadequate support. That’s not a defense of sloppiness, but it is a factor.

]]> By: John Cozzi https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/#comment-245 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:22:43 +0000 https://claxon-communication.com/?p=3887#comment-245 Wonderful, now if I could only spell; my challenge. The beauty and risk of English, in particular…is it a noun, adverb, adjective uh?! Other languages is it fem. or masc.?

taking time to say what you mean and mean what you say tends to work for me.

]]> By: seattledrury https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/#comment-244 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:44:02 +0000 https://claxon-communication.com/?p=3887#comment-244 In reply to Erica Mills.

I saw that, too… very funny… but I also relate to the “who” in such orgs and consider it among the artful plays rather than a typo. Still, PHT is absolutely right!

]]> By: Erica Mills https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/#comment-243 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:22:18 +0000 https://claxon-communication.com/?p=3887#comment-243 In reply to Physician H. Thyself.

Love this! Yes, someone else pointed this out on Twitter. I’ve long thwarted that rule as I view organizations as the aggregate of the people who make the work happen. Thus, the use of ‘who’ instead of ‘that’. Having said that, you’re totally 100% correct. Thanks for paying such close attention!

]]> By: Physician H. Thyself https://claxon-communication.com/2012/07/23/i-wont-give-to-non-profits-who-use-poor-grammar/#comment-242 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:51:47 +0000 https://claxon-communication.com/?p=3887#comment-242 “Nonprofits that use poor grammar” not “nonprofits who use poor grammar.” Nonprofits are not people, they’re things.

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