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[Nickf66]

In preparation for an upcoming business trip, I am starting to make a list of potential encounters. Am I being too picky? I’ve always enjoyed beauty, brains, and a little proofreading along the way. A current ad reads,

 

Drama free & Descreet

Erotic message 150.00

serious inquiry's only please

 

Ah, yes, those erotic messages, and being descreet will no doubt entice me to send multiple inquiry’s.

[Kevin Slater]

You'll fit right in on this forum.

 

Kevin Slater

[+ VictorPowers]

Clearly the ad wants only people with the name Inquiry that are serious by nature. What's the problem?

[+ peterhung85]

In preparation for an upcoming business trip, I am starting to make a list of potential encounters. Am I being too picky? I’ve always enjoyed beauty, brains, and a little proofreading along the way. A current ad reads,

 

Drama free & Descreet

Erotic message 150.00

serious inquiry's only please

 

Ah, yes, those erotic messages, and being descreet will no doubt entice me to send multiple inquiry’s.

 

Nut sure why peaking on this gentelmen makes you feel gud.... Glad I have client's who are not like yu!

[dinboston]

I'll never understand why anyone would put "drama free" in their ad. There are some of us who actually enjoy going to a play now and then.

 

I've always felt like anyone mentioning the words "drama free" is bound to be incredibly dramatic.

[nate_sf]

Erotic message 150.00

serious inquiry's only please

 

That's a lot of cash just to do some sexting. I wonder how much he charges to unlock his private photo's?

[Cliff]

In preparation for an upcoming business trip, I am starting to make a list of potential encounters. Am I being too picky? I’ve always enjoyed beauty, brains, and a little proofreading along the way. A current ad reads,

 

Drama free & Descreet

Erotic message 150.00

serious inquiry's only please

 

Ah, yes, those erotic messages, and being descreet will no doubt entice me to send multiple inquiry’s.

Hi there. How about if you want to learn about smoking hot escorts you visit this forum. And if you want amazing spellers, well, try GrammarGirl.com Good luck!

[wklucas]

Sometimes I like / just want....young, dumb & full of cum.

[hornytwells]

You do realise a lots of escorts are foreigners with poor command of English? Yes, they should probably get a friend to help them with their wording, but am guessing that most people looking for an escort are not looking to employ them for secretarial work........ I agree that an intelligently written smart ad will always be a little more enticing, but try to cut them some slack as some of them are still struggling with English. Maybe if they are attractive enough to hire, you might offer to help them with their ad copy? There's a thought. (sorry, this was a reply to the OP)

Edited February 22, 2018 by hornytwells

[bigvalboy]

. Am I being too picky?

 

Yes....

 

This has been discussed to ad nauseam. Would I not hire someone because of grammatical errors in their ad...no. Would I be more inclined to hire someone if their ad was perfectly written...no. Most of the guys I hire, English is not their first language, and most of them do not have a good command of it, but I simply don't care. I care how the escort/dancer treats me.

Edited February 22, 2018 by bigvalboy

[Beancounter]

Yes! You’re being way too picky. And may I suggest you learn when to use a comma properly.

[+ poolboy48220]

ah, the danger of being known as the grammar pedant. Making damned sure you don't make any mistakes, even just typos, yourself.

[+ peterhung85]

You do realise a lots of escorts are foreigners with poor command of English? Yes, they should probably get a friend to help them with their wording, but am guessing that most people looking for an escort are not looking to employ them for secretarial work........ I agree that an intelligently written smart ad will always be a little more enticing, but try to cut them some slack as some of them are still struggling with English. Maybe if they are attractive enough to hire, you might offer to help them with their ad copy? There's a thought. (sorry, this was a reply to the OP)

Tank yu for difending mi!

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

There's nothing wrong with expecting someone to care enough about their copy to proof it.

 

When we're charging $300+ an hour, I'd consider this a luxury item purchase and with that comes a certain expectation of product.

[bigvalboy]

Yes! You’re being way too picky. And may I suggest you learn when to use a comma properly.

LMAO...

[Bearofdistinction]

You'll fit right in on this forum.

 

Kevin Slater

 

With a lil bit of oil . . .

[+ JEC]

For me, on my list of whats "gets me going" spelling is like........#17

[HotWhiteThirties]

There are stranger kinks out there than good grammar and spelling. I admit, a hot guy who is also able to assemble words in a logical and intelligent fashion does sorta turn me on. It certainly doesn’t hurt.

[EastbayMike]

I'm with Nick on this one. He's not being too picky.

[+ Kufrol]

Yes! You’re being way too picky. And may I suggest you learn when to use a comma properly.

Don't you mean, " ... when to use an apostrophe properly."? Good grammar, correct punctuation, and proper syntax indicate formal education, but poorly punctuated and written material don't necessarily rule out intelligence.

Edited February 25, 2018 by Kufrol

[+ Tarte Gogo]

I am not sure, but I see the apostrophe misused differently between foreigners and native speakers (who didn’t listen in school).

 

Non-native speakers, if unsure, will omit the apostrophe.

 

Native speakers, if unsure will over compensate and put the apostrophe were it isn’t needed.

 

Have you guys also observed that? It is it only me?

[+ Topseed]

..and in a review today: “sorted”, rather than “sordid”. Yikes.

[+ not2rowdy]

I find it near impossible to write without errors on my phone.

It also seems that my spelling is starting to get worse. Maybe age related.

That, and the innuendo often involved discussing this hobby, can be a bit challenging.

 

Then there’s the “autocorrect” / “predictive text" / "spellcheck” features that seem to think they know better. I know you can turn them off but….

 

So I typically compose offline on my computer. Then I walk away, think about it for awhile, inevitably revise and only then paste to the forum thread. Then I clean it up yet again before hitting submit.

And errors still sneak in.

 

I’m especially forgiving of anyone trying to post who’s not a native English speaker. I’m happy they’re participating whether as an advertiser or in the forum.

[Nickf66]

I'm with Nick on this one. He's not being too picky.

 

Thank you, sir. The escort who posted the ad was just so-so in terms of appeal.

[Nickf66]

..and in a review today: “sorted”, rather than “sordid”. Yikes.

 

And then there’s the pesky punctuation issue. My favorites:

LET’S EAT GRANDMA!

LET’S EAT, GRANDMA!