To scrawl all over letters from school in a red pen & give them 2/10?

[spiderslegs]

DS started school today & came home with a Large Brown Envelope with the word URGENT scrawled across the front.

He was very concerned that I opened & read it. Upon doing so, it contained a wad of 'official' forms that I had already signed & returned in September and the grammar & syntax had NOT improved since the last time I signed them.

Not one apostrophe, tautologies, pluralised singles (wellie anyone?) & garbled, barely legible syntax.

So AIBU to return them signed (again) with corrections in red?

The school is rated outstanding by OFSTED & all letters carried the teacher's or Headmistress' name.

yeah go on do it

lol, yanbu :-)

Do it, do it.

Do it! I'm a secondary school teacher and it annoys me intensely when I have to hand out poorly written letters to be taken home...

In defense though most are written in a hurry while trying to do loads of other things during breaktime, or similar. But still...

Love it.

[goes off to google meaning of tautology, but at least I try]

Have googled it and still unclear, what is an example of a tautology?

agree with wavey. I'm a teacher too.

Free gift is an example. A gift is free and it doesn't need saying twice.

In a week's time DS starts at a nursery which has signs on the various class doors saying 'blue monkey's' and 'red monkey's', etc. How long should leave him to settle in before I point out the apostrophe rule to the staff?

Cheeky - Please be absolutely sure that you are clear that you child may not eat nuts.

Either one would have sufficed.

You'll look like a pompous arse. If you're happy with that, go ahead.

If you have concerns, why not see the teacher in person?

I have got it now!

Thanks guys, every day is a school day :)

ssgoingon64 straight away! - I have been known to correct apostrophes on notices and signs. Drives me mad.

Oh and a particular tautological hate: moment in time.

If it's a moment, assuming you are not in a physics lesson, then it is already about time.

Grrrrrrr

yadnbu my dcs primary school has exactly the same problem, the grammar in their newsletters is so bad that it would be better if a year six child typed them out...!!

Lying I know I'll look like a pompous arse - but why should I let an educator (who educates) not be picked up on their mistakes when they are meant to be teaching children? If I don't, who will? So our children will be similarly ill-educated.

Oh please do it :)

Not school but I work for a major international company and the notice in our Ladies regarding washing hands drives me mad - ' Stop colds. And flu'. I mean really?

OP... You SHOULD let them know. Pick them up on their mistakes by all means, but that method looks a bit silly, snidey - and sorry to say, cowardly. Go and have a face to face with the teacher/headteacher about it. You're probably not the only one concerned. It isn't acceptable, you're completely right about that.

Although in our school letters are word-processed onto the school headed paper by the receptionists, often from a quickly typed email. They frequently don't spot typos or missing punctuation.

So it's not really the teacher's fault, sometimes.

Wow, that stuff drives me up the wall. The school's meant to be an example! Go on, do it :o

Lying, you are right, I am going to, I have corrected (in black pen) but will say when I return them.

I may be feeling sensitive due to very irritating & patronisng behaviour from DS's teacher during his visiting days last term and all-round lack of communication from the school already.

Your use of capitals in the opening post is rather erratic. If you are proceed as suggested you need to be very sure of the accuracy of you correspondence.

Have name changed in honour of this thread as my resolution is going to be 'if I don't understand....ask'