Saturday, January 7, 2012

An Invitation



These were taken from my invitation of the PPC's Annual Christmas Party that was held last year.

"Last and Final Draw."
One can use either the word "last" or "final" because these words denote a same meaning; furthermore, this sentence shows redundancy. This must be rephrased to: Third and Final Draw.

"Special appreciation & recognition to Parish Apostoles who have served the longest."
The word "apostoles" is not an English word; hence, it should be italicized. These awardees are still serving as apostoles in our parish up to present, so present perfect progressive must be used. The adjective "longest" refers only to single entity, but there are more than one awardees. Therefore, the sentence should be rephrased this way: Special appreciation & recognition to the Parish Apostoles who have been serving for a long time.
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10 comments:

  1. Jaymico ReyesJanuary 8, 2012 at 3:40 AM

    This is a very good observation. These are small things that others do not mind when they are writing invitations. The second picture is very obvious that there is something wrong. "Final" and "last" are two words with the same meaning and it's redundant to use them at the same time.

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  2. Kenneth Casey M. TapnioJanuary 9, 2012 at 12:05 AM

    One can use either the word "last" or "final" because these words denote a same meaning; furthermore, this sentence shows redundancy.

    Revised:

    One can use either the word "last" or "final" because these words denote the same meaning; furthermore, this sentence shows redundancy.

    Instead of using the article "a" use "the" instead.

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  3. juancarlowageJanuary 9, 2012 at 2:12 AM

    Wow! You had a very good observation.

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  4. Limor Kristine TengJanuary 9, 2012 at 2:35 AM

    You are a keen observer Jason!

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  5. kyle pascualJanuary 9, 2012 at 4:01 AM

    I agree that Jason is really a good observer because it would take an individual to see the mistake of the invitation if you are not well educated in English language.

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  6. mj riveraJanuary 9, 2012 at 5:08 AM

    I hope I could be that sensitive too. Cool!

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  7. Jessica Dyan Y. BonusJanuary 9, 2012 at 5:09 AM

    I agree with them. You're a keen observer. I suddenly remember those people who keeps on saying "wrong mistake".

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  8. Christina CarpioJanuary 9, 2012 at 5:18 AM

    Some invitations have typographical errors. They might be in a hurry to distribute invitation cards.

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  9. Darwin D. DesilosJanuary 9, 2012 at 6:47 AM

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  10. Darwin D. DesilosJanuary 9, 2012 at 6:49 AM

    Nice, at first, I didn't notice the errors, but when I read the whole post, I had able to find the errors.

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