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i think the unfortunate truth is that in many cases the 'boss' is so supremely confident of him/herself that it is virtually impossible to make suggestions or corrections. Case in point: My husband owns a company with two other partners, and they recently drew up a sales contract with an important airline, and my husband sent it to me for typographical review. there were several errors i found which the writer (not my husband, but one of his partners) conceded should be corrected, but there was one glaring grammatical error that he argued into the ground, and he was *completely* wrong. the sentence was as follows:
"AMI’s warranty conditions described herein is subject to the following":
i tried to explain that "conditions" is the subject, with warranty being in this case a modifier, and that "is" should be changed to "are", but he was absolutely adamant that "warranty" was the subject, and the contract was sent out with the offending "is".
bottom line, at least it's not *your* name on the letterhead, right? small consolation, but all you can do is try to help...
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