Remember the ‘ing’!

Remember the ‘ing’!

Business woman

The phrase we often use in email messages is not ‘I look forward to see you’. We say, “I look forward to seeing you” or even “I am looking forward to seeing you”.

Okay, people would still understand you. 😉 But grammar errors can create clarity problems.

The oldest profession

The oldest profession

Chaos

A doctor, a civil engineer, and a computer scientist were sitting together one evening and discussing which was the oldest profession. The doctor pointed out that according to Biblical tradition, God created Eve from Adam’s rib. This obviously required surgery, so therefore that was the oldest profession in the world. The engineer mentioned an earlier passage in the Bible that stated that God created order from the chaos, and that was most certainly the biggest and best civil engineering example ever, and also proved that his profession was the oldest profession. The computer scientist leaned back in her chair, and with a sly smile responded, “Yes, but who do you think created the chaos?”