tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31121848.post2303692038583550096..comments2024-02-19T15:11:41.227-06:00Comments on Catholic Writer Chick at Large!: I Know Why Padded Cells Exist. Truly. I Do.Jannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06725527285837338560noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31121848.post-81402435750680625012012-07-27T07:40:54.346-05:002012-07-27T07:40:54.346-05:00I also find it amusing when they use quotation mar...I also find it amusing when they use quotation marks to emphasize something. "New" management. As if it isn't really new, but more sarcastically so. LOL!Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592860811840631173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31121848.post-35810668790688937332012-07-26T18:58:12.003-05:002012-07-26T18:58:12.003-05:00I would have sent back the letter when they weren&...I would have sent back the letter when they weren't looking. :-)<br /><br />The sad part about this is, this isn't a recent phenomenon or part of the recent dumbing-down, either. I can vividly remember signs in grocery stores with this very error in them, from my childhood. I had to wonder if I was learning this right, how THOSE people didn't!<br /><br />The Grammarian About Whom Your Mother Warned YouJannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725527285837338560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31121848.post-67105069955804313882012-07-26T18:29:22.574-05:002012-07-26T18:29:22.574-05:00More proof positive that we're dumbing down so...More proof positive that we're dumbing down society. You should see the letters my kid's high school (these are TEACHERS, for pity's sake!) sends home. Once I corrected one and wanted to send it back, but my killjoy family wouldn't let me. Pikers.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100565897627429788noreply@blogger.com