In school, I used to top all language courses. At some point in time, I even wondered if science was my forte. All that is past now, but I needed to set some context for this post.

Yesterday, I got an email from a colleague that says something like this:’ I’m working from home today. I will attend few meetings in the morning and complete few tasks for the so-and-so-release’. This really got me thinking. Did he actually mean that he will not attend meetings and will not do the required tasks? Of course, no one will send such an email to the team. So surely he has meant it to be: ’ I’m working from home today. I will attend a few meetings in the morning and complete a few tasks for the so-and-so-release’. And, I’m ignoring other mistakes, if any, present in that statement in the same way you’ll ignore all the mistakes in this post :)

Some of them say that the purpose of language is communication and all is fine as long as the purpose is served. Really? If you are like me, the email didn’t serve its purpose. The message I received from the email was that he would not attend meetings and would not complete the tasks. (Really?  :-) ) At least, I started thinking when would everyone compose grammatically correct emails like I do :P If you are still wondering what I’m talking about, click here.

May be, they are not language toppers and had aptitude only towards engineering. May be, it is the attention I pay to details that others ignore. May be, their priorities are different. May be, we are all unique.