I’m known in close circles as a bit of a grammar, spelling and punctuation Nazi.  It’s my dirty little secret and I get a lot of shit for it.  Serious amounts, in fact.  I’ve never really understood why my friends and colleagues roll their eyeballs every time I critique a facebook status, tut at a text message or attempt to helpfully explain the appropriate uses for to, two and too.  Today I received an email from a masters graduate looking for work, prompted to write to me having read about a recent new client win in an industry rag.  The subject of the email?  Congradulations!  My first thought was oh dear, unfortunate typo.  So I opened it. ‘Hi there,  I am writing to congradulate you on your recent win and to enquire whether you are currently recruiting?’.  Unbelievable. Click. Drag. Delete.  Harsh you might think?  Perhaps.  My pet hatred is the misuse of apostrophes.  At risk of going a bit Daily Mail (see earlier post), it’s as though society has collectively decided to throw all caution to the wind and liberally sprinkle them everywhere.  Pizza’s, coffee’s, photo’s, tree’s… it’s as irritating as watching someone pour salt on the meal you’ve cooked them before they’ve even bloody tasted it.  Here’s a little hint: when in doubt, then don’t.  A missing apostrophe is far less offensive than a permanent reminder you skipped class the day you should have learned your possessive from your plural.  But enough of the Germanic despot-esque ramblings, I just wanted to share that spotting grammatical errors is my spectator sport of choice.  Today’s was a fine example.  I’m sure there will be more.