[pianotech] OT: Grammar

[David Boyce]

This evening I have written and submitted a reference for a former 
student of mine who is applying to university. In the UK, such 
applications are processed by a body called UCAS; the Universities and 
Colleges Admissions Service.

I duly submitted the reference online, and a few moments later, received 
an email confirmation.

Here is the text of the beginning of the email:


Dear David Boyce

Your reference for Mr M*** H***** has now been received by us. The 
applicant will now be able to complete and send their application into 
us, we will contact them by email if they have provided a verified email 
address.

Now, folks, I am not a pedant in matters linguistic. I appreciate that 
languages constantly change and evolve. But there is fascinating change 
and evolution, and there is slovenliness.  The secodn sentence of the 
above contains two annoying illiteracies; "into" should of course be "in 
to" (and the "in" is redundant in any case) and a Comma Splice has been 
used instead of a semicolon after "us".

The body who sent that email to me are responsible for almost all of the 
admissions to Higher Education institutions in the UK.  If they are so 
illiterate in so short a communication, what are we to expect in general?

Best regards,

David.

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