A retired English teacher who received a letter signed by President Trump has sent the correspondence back to the White House along with several edits and corrections written in purple ink.
Yvonne Mason, who taught English composition in public schools in Greenville, S.C., for 17 years, scrawled in notes calling attention to, among other things, capitalization issues. In total, she found 11 instances of capitalization flaws, including for words like “federal” and “president,” in which common nouns were incorrectly displayed as proper nouns.
“I have never, ever, received a letter with this many silly mistakes,” Mason told Greenville News. She said she opted not to provide the White House a grade, but told the news outlet, “If it had been written in middle school, I’d give it a C or C-plus [and] If it had been written in high school, I’d give it a D.”
Retired English teacher corrects @realDonaldTrump letter. As a graduate of #WhartonsBusinessSchool, I wonder did he forget what he learned pic.twitter.com/lYFs6Gsc5V
— Gwendolyn Clark (@afrcanprncess) May 27, 2018
The letter from the White House came in response to one she sent asking Trump to meet with the family members of the victims of the deadly February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
Mason said the letter, which she acknowledges probably wasn’t written by Trump himself, didn’t directly respond to her request, as it instead spoke generally about school safety.
By comparison, the woman said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., “writes exquisite letters.”
