Frederick Demond

[Jim Page]

Laurie, you are so right. Working, as I do, as the senior editor at a large health-care non-profit, I see stuff daily that leaves me shaking my head. Unfortunately, it won't ever get any better.

When I have folks with a master's degree asking me if the names of the months need to be capitalized in their copy, or, as happened yesterday, a "subject matter expert" spends 20 minutes trying to convince me that she knows for certain that "alot" is one word, I just try to maintain my composure and not respond in a snarky manner.

My wife and I had a discussion about this issue last night, and she thinks that using mobile devices with their cute little abbreviations and such isn't helping, either!

--Jim