pocohantas:
Hello Nairalanders, I will like the house to judge this matter...

MickzyDonald:
See what a simple mistake has caused

izzou:
Too bad. He shouldn't have dropped him though.

But then, someone had to be dropped.

Meanwhile, can I drop my CV?

Am hardworking

o9o9:


You seem to be in a none structured work environment. If you were, your "boss" wouldn't be reviewing essays of interns.

Also your boss must suck a lot to work with. Good for the interns they didn't get to have with such an insufferable person.

They are interns. Not English professors. Also why would his personal irritation overshadow logical thinking?

Icumsa45:


Twitter is not the SI unit of grammar.

harmargedon:
the Americans use Am, British use I'm. We speak British English, so it's wrong to use Am.

Klass99:
Poco, your boss is the sort of jackass boss I don't like.

They are usually fixated on all the minor and inconsequential things like;

1. Staff leaving work by 5pm sharp. Is that not their closing time?

2. People coming in 5, 10 or 30 minutes late, even though they are productive and do excellent work.

3. Boasting about how they are awake at 1am working and acting like they're the most hard working people on earth.

4. Taking staff resignation very personally and bad mouthing exited staff

Woh I dey vex joor, I just described one of my jackass bosses.

The whole point of an internship is to teach young people about acceptable norms and practices of the corporate world, what works and what doesn't work, how to evolve into good employees, professionalism etc

No offence but that was a jerk move by your boss.

Sixfeetbelle:


maybe Am the boss. Who knows?

Well, you did plead a case for him by mentioning his brilliance but such errors in official correspondence says a lot, you know?

If he couldn't distinguish between the two, then he probably isn't as brilliant as you make him out to be.

Realtord43:
Rubbish! absolute nonsense reason from your boss.

A simple error like these can be corrected without stress. Nobody is above mistake likewise your boss.

I don't know why it has become a norm for Nigeria Employer's demanding perfection from their employee.

Your boss is very wicked!

Amanstailored:
That error speaks more of your boss's character than of the young mans. Sometimes what might be the criteria or criterion in deciding who stays or who goes might just be a mistake as insignificant as this. While I understand how much you wanted this guy to get the job. I think your boss acted on instinct and gut and sometimes that's what CEO's need when the chips are down. I once texted a friend saying I am greatful and the next thing he said was if you took all the pain to type greatful wouldn't it be the same time it would take to just type the correct form of the word "grateful". Besides greatful has the exact same letters as grateful but one is wrong and the other is right. I guess my point is the young guy will look back at this experience and learn an important lesson. Which is anything worth doing is worth doing right

pocohantas:


I know someone has to be dropped, but the guy seems bright and is humble.

Am not going to collect your CV.



My boss said the second he spotted it, he stopped reading the essay. I took my time to finish the essay though, the guy is quite bright.



Recent ke? He has been on it.

Octopusssy:

This is not true. The scourge of 'am' instead of 'I'm' is caused by social media.

oloshun:


I disagree respectfully. This is out of context. The pattern is different but there is standard between the societies linguistically.

TruthHurts1:
Elon Musk recently used "AM" instead of "I'M" or "I AM" in a tweet and the world didn't come to an end. All the same I can see where your boss is coming from. Using "AM" in a tweet is not the same as using it in an official correspondence.

pocohantas:


He could be an asshole, but I beg to disagree with this. My boss is very unbiased.

Draslo:
Yadda! Yadda! Yadda! Your boss is an asshole. Period!


I used to be a grammar Nazi too until I realized how stupid I was. Americans make a shitload of grammatical errors and nobody bashes them for it. I'm sure if the intern was an American, your boss would have overlooked it.

izzou:
Too bad. He shouldn't have dropped him though.

But then, someone had to be dropped.

Meanwhile, can I drop my CV?

Am hardworking

Klass99:


I'm just laughing out loud at the bolded. You get energy sef, my own boss is so annoying I don't bother getting into it with him.

His ITK full ground, he loves to talk as if he hosts a talk show like Steve Harvey, shares stuff about his personal life no one asked him and then expects you to share your personal life too - like WTF? Are you and I friends?

I usually keep my distance and keep conversations centered on work. I'm starting to feel a lot of resentment towards him.

Sixfeetbelle:
I hate when people use 'Am' instead of 'I'm' [i]and[/i] I believe it, in a way, says a lot about the person's English literacy abilities. It's also like how some mistake usages of 'their' and 'there' or 'where' and 'were'.

I know something like an IELTS exam would not condone this error so I totally understand why your boss did what he did and commend him for it.

To all those shouting 'your boss is wicked', you are allowed to make this same mistake on a standard assessment examination for a high paying job.

LordKO:



I can see that you've been doing everything possible to make people who don't know to believe that the heartbreak you suffered isn't real - I don't take pleasure in the pains you have suffered, though. Lol. Well, don't give me more reasons to conclude that you didn't accept the pardon I've granted you.

By the way, you've 20 writing issues in your OP:

1 Faulty tense sequence
1 Determiner use
1 Misuse of quantifiers

9 Punctuation in compound/complex sentences
2 Misuse of semicolons, quotation marks, etc.

1 Mixed dialect of English

2 Word choice

1 Passive voice misuse
1 Wordy sentence
1 Inappropriate colloquialism

Meanwhile, you capitalized on Elun Musk's aberration to create this thread to further your clout chasing. The illusory incident you embedded in the story didn't happen in your office or anywhere; it remains an illusion.

Stay safe and blessed, queen.

Sixfeetbelle:
I hate when people use 'Am' instead of 'I'm' and I believe it, in a way, says a lot about the person's English literacy abilities. It's also like how some mistake usages of 'their' and 'there' or 'where' and 'were'.

I know something like an IELTS exam would not condone this error so I totally understand why your boss did what he did and commend him for it.

To all those shouting 'your boss is wicked', you are allowed to make this same mistake on a standard assessment examination for a high paying job.

Klass99:


I'm just laughing out loud at the bolded. You get energy sef, my own boss is so annoying I don't bother getting into it with him.

His ITK full ground, he loves to talk as if he hosts a talk show like Steve Harvey, shares stuff about his personal life no one asked him and then expects you to share your personal life too - like WTF? Are you and I friends?

I usually keep my distance and keep conversations centered on work. I'm starting to feel a lot of resentment towards him.

jaxxy:
I’m personally critical about the use of Am or I’m bt I won’t use that to judge Sm1 career cos I know is an unconscious social media or chat habit which if not guided can spill off into professional or formal areas. I can assume it’s a mistake depending on the circumstances.

Bt I don’t mix them up wether in casual or formal situations.