Sunday, February 24, 2008

Slacker Virus

I hate being sick. I think it could probably fit into Mitzi's "why women are so hard on themselves" entry. (Feel free to take this topic on, Mitz)
I'm used to taking care of not only myself, but, particularly since starting my freelancing work, taking care of the homefires.
I'm not going to get too far off track here, but my husband has really been pitching in and while I've had fevers ranging between 100.5 and 102.2 degrees.
I haven't been doing much work and it's occurred to me that I didn't consider this. I don't get sick very often and never considered "sick days" into my business plan.
However, in my illness I have discovered poor grammar around every corner. And, believe me, I'm no grammarist.
Example: People who use good as an adverb. It's not! It's an adjective. So, if you're talking about how someone "does," don't say good. It's well, dangit!
Example: "Do not chew or crush before swallowing." How does one crush or chew a tablet after swallowing?

2 comments:

Mitz said...

There's a restaurant chain in parts of PA called "Eat and Park". Now I know a lot of us road warriors eat in our cars but if we go to a restaurant, we usually park first - or I do anyway.

April said...

See? That's what I'm talking about!