{"id":37513,"date":"2011-11-16T21:12:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T21:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2011\/11\/16\/grammar-nazi-irl\/"},"modified":"2011-11-16T21:12:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T21:12:14","slug":"grammar-nazi-irl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2011\/11\/16\/grammar-nazi-irl\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammar Nazi IRL"},"content":{"rendered":"

cincodenada<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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So the other day, as I was locking up my bike, I noticed this City of Portland parking van parked near my office:<\/p>\n

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I was greatly annoyed by this, because while I could figure out the intended message, it\u2019s only because this kind of message is prevalent, and I was honestly confused for a second because what it actually says doesn\u2019t make much sense.<\/p>\n

For those not as obnoxious as me: without any kind of separation, that warning tells the reader that they should expect that not very many stops should be happening in the future, which is precisely the opposite<\/em>\u00a0of what they are intended to say. \u00a0At the least, there should be a semicolon or two different lines, to indicate they are two separate thoughts – \u201cMany stops; do not follow\u201d would be a perfectly legitimate warning. \u00a0I later saw one that I permitted, in which the two thoughts were identical to this one, but separated by a large amount of white (or, rather orange) space:<\/p>\n

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Apparently the actual parking repair vans know their stuff. \u00a0But that first one is still in need of revision. \u00a0I was considering getting some vinyl semicolons printed up to rectify the omission myself with a little guerilla copyediting, but then I realized that I still had about half of my 100-pack of HRC stickers, which just happened to be a very similar shade of blue. \u00a0After rummaging around the office for a razor blade, I know have some guerilla semicolons ready to go for next time:<\/p>\n

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The size is a little iffy, we\u2019ll see how it goes. \u00a0I saw one outside this morning, but was not fast enough, and by the time I got down there with a sticker and a razor blade, the parking attendants were back in their van.<\/p>\n

Next time\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

please let’s just all take a moment to acknowledge how awesome Joel is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

cincodenada: So the other day, as I was locking up my bike, I noticed this City of Portland parking van parked near my office: I was greatly annoyed by this, because while I could figure out the intended message, it\u2019s only because this kind of message is prevalent, and I was honestly confused for a … <\/p>\n

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