Suggestions for Improving Grammar on Site

Grammarfixerupper — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:47:48 GMT

Hello:

I am new to the site (was led here by a search engine) and am surprised to see a number of grammatical errors in and around the site in general. I haven't looked everywhere, but below you will find a list of the ones that I noticed right off the bat:

The site mistakenly uses, in many places (including the welcome e-mail), "login" and "logout" as verbs; however, the verb is two words: "log in" or "log out." The noun/adjective can be one word, but never can the verb. In other words, it would be correct to say that "I log in at the login page." Many sites are guilty of this offense, including those of major corporations. The real test is to put the verb in the past tense. You wouldn't say that "She loginned yesterday" (one word). Rather, you would say that "She logged in yesterday" (two words). Other common misuses (though not necessarily seen on this site) include pickup, checkout, and rollover.
The paragraph on the main page needs some commas (which I've added between asterisks):

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Finally, there is a little phrase at the top right-hand corner when one is logged in. It says, "Welcome back XYZ" (where XYZ is the username). Because someone is being addressed in this phrase, there should be a comma after "back."

Thank you for your attention, and keep up the great work!

Warm regards,

Andy

Re: Best regards, Kind regards, or Yours sincerely, - which is correct

My2sense — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:00:44 GMT

Just my take on it.

Let's look at the structure of an e-mail or a letter for that matter. Simply said you have 3 parts.

1. opening or greeting

2. body

3. closing or ending

NOTE: greeting means hello and not good-bye.

As was pointed out " yours faithfully " is out of style but it still can be found in use especially in British English. However, as was also pointed out, there are alternatives that are used in both British and American (North American) English.

1. More formal --- Sincerely yours, Yours sincerely, or even just Sincerely

2. less formal--- Sincerely, Kind/Best/Warm regards, Regards, *Best wishes

3. informal --- Best (wishes), Regards, * Just write your name *, See you, Thanks, etc., etc.

Not that this is a rule but in American English a comma is generally used after the greeting and after the closing.

Search results for 'tag:Warm regards tag:Commas' matching tags 'Warm regards' and 'Commas'

Suggestions for Improving Grammar on Site

Re: Best regards, Kind regards, or Yours sincerely, - which is correct