Got this spam/phishing email today about unusual bank activity and a possible suspension of a bank account … yeah, right.
Anyway, the email is in need of the Grammar Police and Comma Clout, so here goes.
“Dear Bank Customer_ ,
Because of unusual number of invalid login attempts on your account, we had to believe that, their might be some security problem on your account…”
Comma Clout needed:
- remove the space before the comma in the greeting: “Dear Bank Customer,“
- remove the comma before the incorrectly-used “their” in the first sentence: “… we had to believe that …”
Grammar Policing needed: “their” should be “there:” “… we had to believe that there might be …”
See the Grammar Police blog post: “There you have it …” for more on There vs. Their (and They’re).
Comma Clout 