Dump the Nazis.

Posted By: MT on 2006-09-14
In Reply to: Grammar - nitpicked to death.

Too many authoritarian QA tyrants have decided on their own that language is a science. It is not. Some may be on power trips while others may use meaningless punctuation corrections to justify their existence.

Obviously there are a few hard and fast rules for punctuation such as a period at the end of a sentence and a comma separating items in a list but it doesn't go much farther than that.

In general a comma represents a PAUSE in the narrative. I've seen way too many complete thoughts interrupted by pauses that only serve to slow down the reading of the text for no reason other than some QA Nazi has decided that a comma must always precede the word but or although or some other such nonsense.

My rule: Punctuate if necessary but otherwise don't waste the reader's time with excessive pauses or other trivia.

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Grammar - nitpicked to death.
- Dreaded QA Autopsies - Mari
- Dump the Nazis. - MT
  - That's a horribly offensive term. I wouldn't compare some drama - over a comma to the Holocaust. nm
    - It's an "analogy," i.e. the Nazis' dysfunctional thinking that a ... - MT2
  - LOL, QA Nazis....... nm - LOL
  - I agree - Too much
    - As a QA Nazi myself, I agree! - brava!
- I also encountered a QA nazi..She made my life miserable. - Walked in your shoes
  - As a former "QA Nazi" undeserved or not, you guys make our lives miserable, too. - em
  - My daughter put this on her computer as wallpaper tonight ... - MT2
- I have read your post and all the - nitpicked before
- This is the norm at the companies I have worked for. sm - Me
- Thanks and I do get it.. SM - Original poster
  - Comma vs. Semicolon - Liza
    - she said period v. semicolon - look at post again.
      - Oops, my bad. nm - Liza
  - It's called "professional pride" - people proud of the way "they" do things. - MT2
  - Are you talking about Axolotl? (sm) - Been there
    - THANK YOU.. PERFECTLY WORDED - Original poster
- grammar and commas - kps
- You are very wrong. With only a few years under your belt, you should be sm - MTSO
  - Three years is plenty of experience....no one is just...sm - name
  - Goodness...read the original post again..you are way off the mark. - anna
  - There is no HIPPA violation. As poster stated below - it's that way at many companies.
    - HIPAA - meant to say
  - I think you need to re-read my post. - Original poster
    - I've had that happen to me a few times... - sm
  - This is going places it never should be, all over a comma. nm - Sharon
    - I don't think the comma is the issue. - MTmaven
      - MTs who care enough to research instead of - Misha
      - No violation. Told to do it. I don't get attitude with - Original poster
      - I see other MT's work all the time (m) - x
        I too check old reports... - sm
      - I have 23 years experience - maam

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LOL, QA Nazis....... nm
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They own them cannot dump them.
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QA Nazis
I totally agree with you.

They come across as knowing more than you but I have found so many mistakes that they have made on my documents.

When I go to QASAR I feel totally abused sometimes.

Since I am not being paid for the time I use to look at QASAR I am tempted to just not even waste my time.

However, I feel that MQ is still looking at QASAR as part of our performance rating which is totally not agreeable with me.

Anyway, don't take it personally and call them on THEIR errors.

No, but they are ADHI Nazis and will use them to
rip us off when convenient.

yeah..where they dump all those old IBM SelectricS!!!hahaha--nm
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It's an "analogy," i.e. the Nazis' dysfunctional thinking that a ...
perfect world would be one without Jews is similar to some QA's thinking that a perfect transcript is one with punctuation and grammar according to their style, and nothing else.

Men always minimize women's problems. I would DUMP

Usually the hospital dump a large amount on Friday afternoon. nm
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