Author Topic: Can I change this? (Read 3295 times)

Brinestone · « **on:** February 14, 2006, 12:34:51 PM »

I have been asked to revise, structure, and edit a document for my workplace. The document is about my workplace's criteria for awarding bonuses and promotions. Bonuses are awarded based on employees' scores in the following areas:

1. Sales
2. Quality Assurance
3. Schedule Adherence
4. Quality of Work
5. Supportive

Obviously I want to change #5, and I would totally do it in most circumstances.

The thing is, I think most employees should be familiar with these five categories, and they probably appear in many other documents that I will not be editing. Changing this one word here may cause confusion, which is worse (to me) than nonparallelism.

O editors of Galactic Cactus, what would you do in this situation?

Jonathon · « **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2006, 12:35:49 PM »

Run it past someone in charge.

Icarus · « **Reply #2 on:** February 14, 2006, 03:26:42 PM »

Change it, and, if possible, change it to something similar-sounding but parallel. But for God's sake, change it!

Brinestone · « **Reply #3 on:** February 14, 2006, 03:40:52 PM »

Like supportiveness?

Porter · « **Reply #4 on:** February 14, 2006, 03:59:54 PM »

That's an improvement.

Jonathon · « **Reply #5 on:** February 14, 2006, 04:35:31 PM »

Supportitude.

Porter · « **Reply #6 on:** February 14, 2006, 04:37:43 PM »

Go whole hog. Supportitudeness.

Jonathon · « **Reply #7 on:** February 14, 2006, 04:41:54 PM »

I think you mean supportitudinousness.

Porter · « **Reply #8 on:** February 14, 2006, 04:46:31 PM »

Actually, I didn't, but you win anyway.

rivka · « **Reply #9 on:** February 14, 2006, 05:41:30 PM »

I beg to differ. I believe it should be supportivivity. Or perhaps supportivitiness.

sarcasticmuppet · « **Reply #10 on:** February 14, 2006, 05:45:22 PM »

Uh, what about "Support"?

TheTick · « **Reply #11 on:** February 14, 2006, 05:45:27 PM »

Dude, you forgot supportocity. Or supportocituitiveness.

Porter · « **Reply #12 on:** February 14, 2006, 05:47:40 PM »

That's just crazy talk, Muppers.

Brinestone · « **Reply #13 on:** February 14, 2006, 08:13:41 PM »

I don't think support really means the same thing.

Porter · « **Reply #14 on:** February 14, 2006, 08:35:12 PM »

That's what you're supposed to do for athletic programs.

pooka · « **Reply #15 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:59:49 PM »

Whenever you look at the document, say "supportive" as if it were some kind of french word that is a noun in English and maybe it won't bother you personally.

Brinestone · « **Reply #16 on:** February 15, 2006, 03:02:42 PM »

I like pooka's suggestion.