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SmallEagleSmallEagle Posts: 736
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I saw this headline in an email this morning from Heritage:

Coin News... $35 Million Long Beach Auctions Are Largest Ever

Two excellent firms show that quality customer-service is not related to basic grammar skills. image

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  • COALPORTERCOALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭
    Can you show the corrected version so I can learn something ? image
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Speaking of grammar skills, you might wanna lose the apostrophe in "takes" in your title. image

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  • COALPORTERCOALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭
    LOL. What's the point of knowing English when I can't use it to speak to any of my coworkers ?
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Speaking of grammar skills, you might wanna lose the apostrophe in "takes" in your title. image >>

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  • SmallEagleSmallEagle Posts: 736


    << <i>Speaking of grammar skills, you might wanna lose the apostrophe in "takes" in your title. >>



    Dang it. image

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  • JulianJulian Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I saw this headline in an email this morning from Heritage:

    Coin News... $35 Million Long Beach Auctions Are Largest Ever

    Two excellent firms show that quality customer-service is not related to basic grammar skills. image >>



    I don't see the problem. Can someone help me?
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  • abitofthisabitofthatabitofthisabitofthat Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭
    What am I missing in the original post? Seems OK to me. I would, however, drop the hyphen out of customer-service and use the two words separately.

    merse

  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,612 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Actually, no grammar error there. Most newspapers would have left the "are" out of the headline.

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  • abitofthisabitofthatabitofthisabitofthat Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I saw this headline in an email this morning from Heritage:

    Coin News... $35 Million Long Beach Auctions Are Largest Ever

    Two excellent firms show that quality customer-service is not related to basic grammar skills. image >>



    Also, are you implying that Heritage has great customer service? I would like it if they told me I won something instead of just shipping when they get around to it.

    Hey - maybe you are right and grammar and customer sevice are not related. I have received good customer service at the firm with the Legendary grammar issues. I have received spotty customer service at Heritage, who seems to me to be grammatically correct.

    merse

  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I saw this headline in an email this morning from Heritage:

    Coin News... $35 Million Long Beach Auctions Are Largest Ever

    Two excellent firms show that quality customer-service is not related to basic grammar skills. image >>



    I don't see the problem. Can someone help me? >>



    I give up. Perhaps it is that 'Are' shouldn't be capitalized? Maybe the OP thinks it should have been 'Our', though 'are' works too in this case.
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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,515 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I saw this headline in an email this morning from Heritage:

    Coin News... $35 Million Long Beach Auctions Are Largest Ever

    Two excellent firms show that quality customer-service is not related to basic grammar skills. image >>



    I don't see the problem. Can someone help me? >>



    I give up. Perhaps it is that 'Are' shouldn't be capitalized? Maybe the OP thinks it should have been 'Our', though 'are' works too in this case. >>



    I believe the auctions were held during "National Talk Like a Pirate Day" so it should have read: Coin News... $35 Million Long Beach Auctions Arrrr Largest Ever
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I woodent wannabe U with that apostrophe and all image

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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I saw this headline in an email this morning from Heritage:

    Coin News... $35 Million Long Beach Auctions Are Largest Ever

    Two excellent firms show that quality customer-service is not related to basic grammar skills. image >>



    I don't see the problem. Can someone help me? >>



    I give up. Perhaps it is that 'Are' shouldn't be capitalized? Maybe the OP thinks it should have been 'Our', though 'are' works too in this case. >>



    I was embarrassed to post that I did not see the mistake, either. Maybe we need a Grammar Girl consult.
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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Methinks the Op would have liked to see IS rather than ARE as the vowel in play. I won't dare comment as to which is the more correct as this is a tough bunch! Take's it or leave's it. image

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  • abitofthisabitofthatabitofthisabitofthat Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Methinks the Op would have liked to see IS rather than ARE as the vowel in play. I won't dare comment as to which is the more correct as this is a tough bunch! Take's it or leave's it. image

    roadrunner >>



    I will assume that you meant the verb in play and and the vowel. image

    merse

  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    See, it told you it was a tough bunch. Guess I take's it! image

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  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    I don't see the error either.
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  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭
    I don't see any error either.

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  • SUMORADASUMORADA Posts: 4,797 ✭
    I have no idea what any of this means,
    I was going to ask a question but decided to just say screw it, by the time I type it with (1) FANGER this whole thing will be over.







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  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭


    << <i>Methinks the Op would have liked to see IS rather than ARE as the vowel in play. I won't dare comment as to which is the more correct as this is a tough bunch! Take's it or leave's it. image

    roadrunner >>



    auctions are ..... plural
    auction is.......... singular
    The OP hasn't related what he thinks is wrong, and all I can see that he might be referring, to is the capitalizing of all the words.
    By the way, I dropped out of school a month into 8th grade.

    Ray
  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The only error I found was the apostrophe in "takes".

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  • RegistryCoinRegistryCoin Posts: 5,117 ✭✭✭✭
    Barndog's "Arrrr" wins. image
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • lloydmincylloydmincy Posts: 1,861 ✭
    Is Smalleagle trying to make us laugh at him? I was so confused - error in his title, NO ERROR with Heritage!!!! image
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You know thing's are slowing down when $35 million dollar Heritage auctions make headlines. Seems like only yesterday when they were having really big sales.
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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,022 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The OP is talking about the similarity of gross sales.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think what is implied is that Laura has made a tremendous impact in the coin world.
    Kudos to her image

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  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    "take's" is missspelelled, big deal----------BigE
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  • ProofRainbowRooseveltProofRainbowRoosevelt Posts: 863 ✭
    The only thing I see, the Heritage title is vague. But I think that's journalists’ requirement now days.
  • SmallEagleSmallEagle Posts: 736


    << <i>Coin News... $35 Million Long Beach Auctions Are Largest Ever >>



    I thought they meant: $35 million Long Beach Auctions our largest ever. My first of two blunders. (2nd was "take's").

    Sorry about that Heritage.

    Who is John Galt?

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