I sense their bar is low.
Are you actively searching for things to be annoyed by? I mean, come on. That question is perfectly fine as it is.
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I’ve been cursed with his gift my whole life. Grammatical errors and spelling errors and typos stand out to me like neon signs.
Are you sure about that?
My gift is clearly fading. I’m an old lady now. I swear I read that a thousand times and didn’t see it until you pointed it out.
I thought about giving the gift back? Who is he?
I dont see the problem
Cutting out the subclause: “Have you attending?”
But arguably, this Lemming’s expectations about the perfection of education institutions is a bit high.
Yeah it’s a bit awkward, but infuriating? Even mildly infuriating is a stretch.
For sure. I work at a college with a pretty good reputation, and most of the people I work with are the same regular people you’d find working anywhere.
Technically it should be “Have you attended, or are you attending, a college/university?”.
I prefer “have/are you attended/ing a college/university? Yes/no.”
That would work for strong readers, but all the slashes might confuse weaker readers. Actually, if I wrote the questionnaire, I would write out “college or university” instead of “college/university”.
I wouldn’t actually prefer that, for the record. Just trying to make a joke about making it worse. If only there were more alternatives to add slashes, it might have been a more obvious joke. 😅
College/university can be inclusive of those who have done / are doing both.
Someone who has attended, or is attending, college and university would have to answer no to “college or university”
Technically it should be “Have you attended, or are you attending, a college/university?”.
Yes! You see it.
Sorry dude, this is a case where “correct” grammar is less clear than just being slightly incorrect.
To be fair, usually this crap is made by the university equivalent of HR folks. They aren’t the academics you’d be learning from (although, they will also typo because grammar and subject mastery are not the same thing unless you’re studying grammar!)
Even as a grammar expert, it’s easier to find other’s typos than your own.
I’m a ruthless editor that can drill in and find minute details and the smallest errors in two languages.
I’ve also misspelled my own name in formal documents.
others’ typos
I mean, that hadd to be intentional, right!
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Exactly
They spelted nope wrong.
Also a typo on the “yea”
As a former lecturer, the issue here is combining two different questions (have you ever went to uni AND are you currently enrolled in a uni?). The best practice is to break it into two separate questions.
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Jeez you are annoying
Mildly infuriating, even!
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I hope they reject you because you’ll very obviously be an issue.
