Us Wantses Gud Gummint
Posted by EdFriedman2, Dec 19 2008, 04:28 PM
I have an unreasonable expectation about the government my taxes fund: it should communicate in an existent language, preferably English. The government, which is responsible to us, expects the same of its citizens. And here is where things get a little hairy. You see, if I, a citizen to whom the government is responsible, make a small error on a government form, say ATF form 4473, I am in violation of laws and/or regulations.
A government agency, say the ATF, however, is apparently held to a lesser standard. I give you: the ATF failing 9th grade grammar in an official government publication.
All together now: THE PLURAL OF ATTORNEY GENERAL IS ATTORNEYS GENERAL.
Notice, the website the ATF urges us to check for the most up-to-date information, the NAAG, gets it right. Even The Onion knows!
But don’t you dare write “Y” when you mean “Yes,” you bitter clinger!
