Embarrassing MCPS typos

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I think this is a sign of how much communication is going out and not having dedicated staff to proofread. I would rather have the frequent communication despite some proofreading issues than less communication or more money spent on communications staff. It is fair to say we all make mistakes that better proofreading would catch and when pointed out to us we all feel that ‘oops’ moment. I do not think this is an issue of undereducated teachers or administrators who do not know what a possessive noun is but rather of overworked teacher and administrators trying to get communication out quickly.

+1. I can notice the occasional mistake and move on. It does not impact my life or ability to understand the message. It’s the ones where the message is unclear or ambiguous that I point out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Typos on the part of a school or it's staff are bad, embarrassing and funny. Here's something else that's funny and embarrassing. Parents with emails along the lines of "bigtitsgirl" or "hotmamacita" or "longandthick". I'm always surprised those parents aren't worried about using an email address like that.

Its, not it's.

Glorious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You'll get used to it, typos, bad grammar etc. MCPS is full of that, especially from teachers and school administrators. At first I was horrified, but like I say, you'll get used to it, as it's rife.

You are missing commas:

“At first, I was horrified, but, like I say, you'll get used to it, as it's rife.”

In fact, if you want to be even more correct, you should use this:

“At first, I was horrified, but, as I say, you'll get used to it, as it's rife.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You'll get used to it, typos, bad grammar etc. MCPS is full of that, especially from teachers and school administrators. At first I was horrified, but like I say, you'll get used to it, as it's rife.

You are missing commas:

“At first, I was horrified, but, like I say, you'll get used to it, as it's rife.”

In fact, if you want to be even more correct, you should use this:

“At first, I was horrified, but, as I say, you'll get used to it, as it's rife.”

I like this game! To correct even more for redundancy (as I say,) pronoun-noun matching (they = typos and grammar,) and clunky sentence (splitting into two sentences) try this:

At first, I was horrified. However, you’ll get used to the typos and grammar since they are rife.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah for real I can’t believe this happens lol and we’re surprised when student’s graduate high school barley knowing how to read and right

Is are students’ learning?

Maybe we can get a pta to donate a subscription to Grammarly to the central office

[Anonymous]

Yes, as a communications specialist, I cringe every time I look at their published work. Sadly, leadership doesn’t care. They cut my coms position and placed me in a school assigned to perform clerical work. They certainly have interesting priorities!

[Anonymous]

I work for MCPS and it is so embarrassing. Each time I have pointed it out i am ignored. .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah for real I can’t believe this happens lol and we’re surprised when student’s graduate high school barley knowing how to read and right

Is are students’ learning?

Maybe we can get a pta to donate a subscription to Grammarly to the central office

Let’s start a go fund me

[Anonymous]

It’s only going to get worse since public schools rarely teach spelling or grammar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work for MCPS and it is so embarrassing. Each time I have pointed it out i am ignored. .

Capitalize the "I" and use only one period per sentence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work for MCPS and it is so embarrassing. Each time I have pointed it out i am ignored. .

Capitalize the "I" and use only one period per sentence.

Wait, there is more:
Add a coma before ‘and. Add a comma before ‘i.’ Define nouns so each use of the word ‘it’ clearly refers back to a noun. Overlooking peoples’ points and picking on proof reading errors is fun!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work for MCPS and it is so embarrassing. Each time I have pointed it out i am ignored. .

Capitalize the "I" and use only one period per sentence.

Wait, there is more:
Add a coma before ‘and. Add a comma before ‘i.’ Define nouns so each use of the word ‘it’ clearly refers back to a noun. Overlooking peoples’ points and picking on proof reading errors is fun!

In your own “correction,” you misspelled “comma.” I don’t think you should be engaging in the proofreading snark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work for MCPS and it is so embarrassing. Each time I have pointed it out i am ignored. .

Capitalize the "I" and use only one period per sentence.

Wait, there is more:
Add a coma before ‘and. Add a comma before ‘i.’ Define nouns so each use of the word ‘it’ clearly refers back to a noun. Overlooking peoples’ points and picking on proof reading errors is fun!

The difference is that we’re not paid to write on DCUM for hundreds of thousands of MoCO families. The least the paid central office staff could do is a basic proofread of communications.

[Anonymous]

Low IQ county school for the past 15 years

[Anonymous]

“MCPS Update: Due to dangerously cold temperatures, MCPS is brining in all outdoor activities inside for Wednesday, Jan. 15”

Hopefully the brine isn’t too salty.