Tuesday, March 17, 2009

grammer

My grasp of the English language is surprisingly bad. That's the main reason why I like to keep my sentences short. (I'm doing a report write-up; hence this entry.) As I am typing this report, I realize I don't consciously apply grammer to what I am writing. Like in that last sentence, I felt like a baby giraffe that's learning how to walk where each ensuing step increases the chance of tripping up.

I blame my failure at language on my career choice; engineers don't need to learn how to write. Ha! Consequently, I say aloud in my head and sometimes mouth the sequence of words I am currently typing. If it sounds ok, then it's totally good. What scares me is that this work ends up on published reports that can be brought in as evidence in a court of law. Yup.

4 comments:

  1. i suck at words too.
    i keep my sentences
    simple.
    and often, incomplete.
    it's poetic that way.
    and
    i'm an artist.

    that makes it more okay.
    ha.

    i also make up words
    or use words completely out of context
    just because
    it sounds right

    like

    falafal
    preferate
    excetra.

    yep.

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  2. p.s.
    you also can't spell: grammAr

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  3. i'll tell you what ... attorneys (read: my boss) can write just as poorly. so don't worry about the court of law thing.

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