ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY: THE HOOVER AND THE RUBBISH GRAMMAR



The Hoover with the stick on paper sign that I'm talking about in my essay.

Looking at the photo, I know what you're thinking. Something doesn't seem right. This hoover is meant to use for Climbing Hall cleaning and not for anywhere else in the building. However, the signpost says, 'Don't Use Climbing' which doesn't really give away the actual message. The signpost should be more like 'Climbing Hall Use Only' or 'Do Not Use' or 'Do Not Use, Except For Climbing Hall'.

But what I'd like to highlight here is 'Does it really matter?'. My answer for this question will be 'No, it doesn't'.

• It doesn't really matter because the cleaning job is done perfectly every day. 
• It doesn't really matter because no one bothers or feels intimidated by the signpost. 
• It doesn't really matter because people who work here and the person who uses the machine understand the actual message without any hesitation. 
• It doesn't really matter because it didn't interfere with any of the UK Health and Safety Legislation - Laws in the workplace.

Let me remind you that this happens in an English-speaking country, in an office building where 98% of the staff are Native English speaker and no one ever come by and tell the cleaning staff that 'The message grammatically make no sense' or something like 'The sign is meaningless, you should take it down' or simply 'Change the sign please'.

So, when someone tried to grammatically correct a post I have put on my Facebook wall, it made me think as why would it need to be done in the first place because I won't do the same thing to my friends' posts here in my Facebook account. Why won't I? Back to my original argument on the hoover that 'It doesn't really matter' because people get the actual message, and no one is offended or disturbed with the post in the first place. 

All my friends who met me personally know that I would never correct the way they pronounce or their grammar structure every time they include English words in our conversation. Why? It’s because it didn’t really matter as you get the message conveyed every time each word, line or sentence is spoken. Plus, all my friends online and offline come from different education background, belief and lifestyle and this add more spice and colour of experience in our friendship.

So, the next time you're correcting someone just because you think you're on the right side, my advice would be to think again, 'Is it really worth it?' and 'Does it really matter?' and to judge yourself before you judge others.