Identify a form of technical communication (see Chapter 1–a song, a poster, a flyer, an email, or some other document) that contains

Identify a form of technical communication (see Chapter 1–a song, a poster, a flyer, an email, or some other document) that contains

INTRODUCTION:

In an article posted in Albanyherald.com, Carlton Fletcher writes, “One of the things in this business that amazes me — and no matter how long I do this, I’ll never get over it — is the number of news releases, letters, announcements, emails and other online materials that are sent to us with words misspelled, misinformation and — worst of all — incorrect grammar. I know, I know…Nerd alert! I plead guilty. But I can’t help but wonder if the text-speak that is now rampant in our society is helping to create generations of adults and professionals who have no idea what subject-verb agreement means…”INTRODUCTION:

In an article posted in Albanyherald.com, Carlton Fletcher writes, “One of the things in this business that amazes me — and no matter how long I do this, I’ll never get over it — is the number of news releases, letters, announcements, emails and other online materials that are sent to us with words misspelled, misinformation and — worst of all — incorrect grammar. I know, I know…Nerd alert! I plead guilty. But I can’t help but wonder if the text-speak that is now rampant in our society is helping to create generations of adults and professionals who have no idea what subject-verb agreement means…

DIRECTIONS: Listen to the two Grammar Girl podcasts (Subject-Verb Agreement and Generic Singular Pronouns) and respond to the questions below.

  1. Identify a form of technical communication (see Chapter 1–a song, a poster, a flyer, an email, or some other document) that contains either a subject-verb agreement error or a pronoun error, and post the sentence in this forum. Take a picture of the of the document, email, or post the lyrics of the song with the S/V agreement or pronoun antecedent error highlighted as you see I have done in the sentence and include it with your response. Explain the error and what the correction should be. (15 pts)
  2. Does the error impede meaning? In your opinion, if the meaning is understood by the audience, is it really a “big deal” if the professional document contains incorrect grammar? Explain your response in details. (35 pts)
  3. Share with us your observations about your own views on this topic based on what you have learned from the podcasts. You can even reveal your own views on using “yo” as a pronoun as mentioned in the pronoun podcast. Note: you must use direct information from the two podcasts to receive credit. (50pts)

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