https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:50:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disagreement-with-coworkers-on-grammar#post-1227822 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:49:50 +0000 smocks 1227822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: YESSSS!! I wondered if anyone else got my reference! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disagreement-with-coworkers-on-grammar#post-1227780 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:34:54 +0000 ineebee 1227780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: O..m..g... They are WANNABE sticklers? That is the worst! I have never experienced that, but if I ever do, I don't know how I would react! They are so totally wrong! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disagreement-with-coworkers-on-grammar#post-1227779 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:33:54 +0000 Freckles 1227779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@smocks: Okay, every time i see your name i smile. All i can think about is, "I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disagreement-with-coworkers-on-grammar#post-1227773 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:32:37 +0000 Freckles 1227773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ineebee: I am a stickler, which is why it drives me crazy!! People use "which" because they think it sounds more professional, but they don't realize the rules around it. Just how people always use the word "myself" because they think it sounds proper. They wanted to remove a comma after "As a result" but i didn't know how to argue against it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disagreement-with-coworkers-on-grammar#post-1227761 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:27:56 +0000 smocks 1227761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cringe when I see flagrantly incorrect grammar in work communications, but I generally only correct it if it's going to be distributed to a large group. For a communications piece, I would definitely be more nitpicky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disagreement-with-coworkers-on-grammar#post-1227738 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:22:15 +0000 ineebee 1227738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: I'll admit - I'm a stickler when it comes to correct grammar. But the things that your coworkers are correcting you on are either 1) seriously nitpicky or 2) incorrect. I would only change something that is egregiously wrong or that changes the meaning of what's being said. On behalf of sticklers everywhere, I apologize! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disagreement-with-coworkers-on-grammar#post-1227707 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:12:03 +0000 Freckles 1227707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: When i read corporate communication with grammatical errors, that is ALL i see.</p> <p>@pui: The one coworker was trying to argue that you need to say "between 15 to 20 years" instead of "between 15 and 20 years" because the 20 is inclusive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disagreement-with-coworkers-on-grammar#post-1227695 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:09:35 +0000 cmomma17 1227695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH forwarded me an email from his work yesterday and the VP used "new" instead of "knew" THREE TIMES!</p> <p>He sent it to me for another reason, but that was all I could see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disagreement-with-coworkers-on-grammar#post-1227676 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:05:17 +0000 pui 1227676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well that's frustrating. Luckily I haven't had to work with people in that way since college lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/disagreement-with-coworkers-on-grammar#post-1227652 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:59:44 +0000 Freckles 1227652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you work in a corporate environment, do you find that colleagues are obsessed with using which instead of that, myself instead of me, and delete every comma they can get because they think it's correct?</p> <p>I've been working on this communication piece with two workers and it's been so aggravating because they want to replace every "which" with "that" and delete commas even though they should be there!</p> <p>Forgive me, this has been a long week and it's only Tuesday. </p>