If you're applying for a position as a writer/editor at a university, do you point out that they made two grammatical errors in their job description?

ohsosinister answered: Ha! I think it’ll make for a memorable P.S. section at the end of your cover letter, at very least. =)

vermiciousknid answered: 1. YES. Only they won’t want to hire you because of that. 2. NO. But then you’ll be employed and can go all Hollywood and fix that shit up.

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azzman answered: yes

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robsama answered: Of course you do. You need to let your future employer know you are smarter than they are.

tonedeaf answered: Oh, I totally would!

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amaleamit answered: Hell yes! Maybe it’s a test, to see who will speak up!

bananacasts answered: I think you should, but put a clown nose on first.

badkitty- answered: Definitely tell them their mistakes, because all employers LOVE that. Stand on a chair & sob hysterically while holding the offending item.

carrimd answered: As a writer/lecturer, I say, yes, but, that shouldn’t be the 1st thing that you say. Mention it after you tell the interviewer she’s fat.

starsgoingbleu answered: Absolutely, but do it cleverly. I run an editing office, and have been known to plant errors in ads to make the ballsiest peeps stadn out.

smartasshat answered: Yes.

frageelay answered: I know an editor who added typos to an ad, then haughtily slammed those who missed them or were too polite to correct them. Whattatool.

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advancedslacker answered: Yes, and then you scream PWNED, FUCKERS. You’d be a shoo-in.

toldorknown answered: Use the “just curious” angle that skeptictank proposed. Try to be sure you aren’t talking to the author, though. Play it by ear, I guess.

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sloganeerist answered: If you’re serious: I offer an emphatic NO. Despite what you know is true, someone probably doesn’t think they were errors.

fuiru answered: Yes, and tell them their font sucks too.

shanecyr answered: “Ambition” and “eagerly attempting to do the jobs of others” are different things. Don’t.

dadaoist answered: Yes. Them’s bonus points! Just be *very* careful there are *no* errors in your materials. Muphry’s Law and all…

lfar answered: Big time.

skeptictank answered: I would mention it in a lighthearted way. Like in the interview say “were the errors in the job description planted to test the applicants?”