Ex-English teacher finds errors in White House letter
Monday - May 28, 2018 11:20 am ,
Category : ART & LITERATURE
New York May 28 (IANS) A retired English teacher found many errors in a White House letter bearing President Donald Trumps signature and mailed it back after making corrections a media report said.
The letter dated May 3 and printed on White House stationery was addressed to Yvonne Mason 61 who retired in 2017. After she made the corrections she snapped a picture posted the letter on Facebook and mailed it back to the White House.
"It was a poorly worded missive " she told The New York Times on Sunday.
"Poor writing is not something I abide. If someone is capable of doing better then they should do better."
Mason a Democrat who lives in Atlanta had written to Trump to ask that he visit each family of those who died in the shooting that killed 17 people at a school in Parkland Florida in February.
"I had written to them in anger to tell you the truth " she said. "I thought he owed it to these grieving families."
According to the former teacher the letter she received did not address her concerns.
Instead it listed a series of actions taken after the shooting like listening sessions meetings with lawmakers and the STOP School Violence Act a bill that would authorise $500 million over 10 years for safety improvements at schools but had no provisions related to guns.
Some of the things Mason wrote in the letter were: "Have y all tried grammar & style check?"
"Federal is capitalised only when used as part of a proper noun."
There was more but she did not correct everything.
"I did not mention the dangling modifier... I focused mainly on mechanics " Mason told The New York Times.
"Nation" was capitalised so was "states". She circled both the words.
The letter stood in contrast to other letters she has received from politicians Mason said.
Senator Lindsey Graham Republican of South Carolina sent "beautiful" letters that struck a tone that "makes me more important than him" she said.
--IANS ksk/in
The letter dated May 3 and printed on White House stationery was addressed to Yvonne Mason 61 who retired in 2017. After she made the corrections she snapped a picture posted the letter on Facebook and mailed it back to the White House.
"It was a poorly worded missive " she told The New York Times on Sunday.
"Poor writing is not something I abide. If someone is capable of doing better then they should do better."
Mason a Democrat who lives in Atlanta had written to Trump to ask that he visit each family of those who died in the shooting that killed 17 people at a school in Parkland Florida in February.
"I had written to them in anger to tell you the truth " she said. "I thought he owed it to these grieving families."
According to the former teacher the letter she received did not address her concerns.
Instead it listed a series of actions taken after the shooting like listening sessions meetings with lawmakers and the STOP School Violence Act a bill that would authorise $500 million over 10 years for safety improvements at schools but had no provisions related to guns.
Some of the things Mason wrote in the letter were: "Have y all tried grammar & style check?"
"Federal is capitalised only when used as part of a proper noun."
There was more but she did not correct everything.
"I did not mention the dangling modifier... I focused mainly on mechanics " Mason told The New York Times.
"Nation" was capitalised so was "states". She circled both the words.
The letter stood in contrast to other letters she has received from politicians Mason said.
Senator Lindsey Graham Republican of South Carolina sent "beautiful" letters that struck a tone that "makes me more important than him" she said.
--IANS ksk/in
