I also post at a grammar site. Not often. But, I am as concerned about my question being grammatically correct as I am concerned about my question.
I could correct many people, but I don't as it tends to cause ill will. But, I do have two pet peeves.
One is the alot. AARRGGHH. The other is one that generally is sent to my by the answering service: Vomitting. I cringe when I "see" the word vomitting. When there are people around who know me, I will say, "Is the patient just vomiting, or are they vomittttttttting." Emphasis on the "t" sound.
One thing I am anal at that I wish my staff were is spelling. 99% of the time if I am not completely certain while writing a letter or a progress note, I will Google the word. First, it makes for a more readable and better note, but I will generally not need to look it up again.
My receptionist types the word "medication," "medicaiton" all the time. When confronted with it, she claims she knows how to spell it, but it is just a typo. Well, it seems to be a common typo. I tell her to just use med. I also would think that if there were a word (were is correct)that, for whatever reason, I tended to mistype, I would become very aware of that when I had to type that word.
