Comments on: Personnel vs personal http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/personnel-vs-personal/ Grammar, word nerds, and the editorial way. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:43:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: helen's dad http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/personnel-vs-personal/#comment-5073 helen's dad Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:46:27 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=855#comment-5073 Good question, JD. I certainly wondered the same. The photo doesn't show this well, but what clinched it for me was that there aren't any actual marked parking spots there. It's simply the driveway that the fire engines use. And I think all uses of "personal" I can imagine here are improved with "personnel." Good question, JD. I certainly wondered the same. The photo doesn’t show this well, but what clinched it for me was that there aren’t any actual marked parking spots there. It’s simply the driveway that the fire engines use. And I think all uses of “personal” I can imagine here are improved with “personnel.”

]]> By: JD http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/personnel-vs-personal/#comment-5067 JD Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:12:27 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=855#comment-5067 I've heard of 'personal parking spaces' – maybe that's where the confusion arose. Unless it isn't a mistake at all? I’ve heard of ‘personal parking spaces’ – maybe that’s where the confusion arose. Unless it isn’t a mistake at all?

]]> By: Gopher http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/personnel-vs-personal/#comment-5066 Gopher Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:53:53 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=855#comment-5066 <em>“I guess you don’t want the link?”</em> LOL! “I guess you don’t want the link?”

LOL!

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