Grammar! Punctuation! Hellllllp!

[motherinferior]

I'm editing something about stereotypes.
The text says, 'Some popular stereotypes of [this group]include the idea that they are [adjective]'

Now, that's wrong, isn't it. But is the stereotype a PICTURE of someone who is [adjective]? Or someone who is [adjective]?

Am going up own bottom and would appreciate pedantic assistance.

I have read that twice and have no idea what you are on about. Will read again and see if brain clears.

Sorry, am thick. Await someone who is cleverer (is that a word?) to explain.

xx

picture/representation, I'd have said. And I'd say "promote" or "promulgate" or something like that, rather than "include", based only on your snippet here, mind...
You need ks!

she's on the case. posts crossed ks!

I don't think you need the "some" at the start.

And "image" rather than "idea"?

a perception, this is interchangeable too

"One of the popular stereotypes of xxx is that they are xxx" - ???

Or "appear to be xxx"

Go on then, MI, who are we trying to stereotype?

Sorry, I was trying not to give too much away. Stupidly.

I've reworked it provisionally as

Some popular stereotypes of people with experience of mental distress [that's the house style for this organisation] include ?dangerous and unpredictable?, ?never going to recover? and ?not able to make decisions for themselves?.

But should I perchance change this to
Some...include 'danger and unpredictability' etc?

Ie should I apply abstract nouns rather than adjectives?

I think stereotypes is wrong - misapprehensions maybe.

And common rather than popular.

And I have to stick with stereotypes because that's part of the original text. Which I didn't write. And now I'm on prejudice, the next step...

My life is so glamorous.

'with experience of metal illness' - do you mean all people with experience (carers and sufferers) or just sufferers?

It is, isn't it - I was just thinking that!

Sufferers big no-no, Tinker. Nonono. Would get buttons snipped off, and worse, for using term. Don't know about carers. Good point. OTOH not my job to rewrite their house style.

Sooooo glamorous.

mi. Just confused as to what 'experience of...' meant. Could be everyone?

Anyway, my job is more glamourous than yours - get to wear safety goggles in chemical factories

Tinker, do you have pictures?

Sadly no jan

Issymum, I completely agree that's a better sentence; unfortunately the whole section I'm editing refers to stereotypes as a specific social phenomenon. I didn't write it!

I am MUCH more dangerous than you. Or possibly not. I'm far too unpredictable to tell